SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down16
arrow-up1735arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前message-square176fedilink
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2年前They absolutely gained unauthorized access to the data. Their access was not intended or sanctioned. If it was intended to be public and accessible like it was, this wouldn’t be a story and they wouldn’t have locked down the access.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2年前But by the guy’s definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.
They absolutely gained unauthorized access to the data. Their access was not intended or sanctioned. If it was intended to be public and accessible like it was, this wouldn’t be a story and they wouldn’t have locked down the access.
But by the guy’s definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.