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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen (appleinsider.com)
submitted 4 months ago by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So your googling proved him right. What's embarrassing about being right?

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They gained unauthorized access. From that guys definition that is a hack, no an exploit

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But they are using a loophole to gain sensitive data. They did not gain unauthorised access to the system.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

But by the guy's definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.