@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]selfhostedtechnology
arrow-up1732arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square186fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]selfhostedtechnology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoThey 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoBut 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.