SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down17cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up1731arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 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-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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.