Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen
NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 months agoWith due respect, you are wrong.
hack
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- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code
Hacking means gaining unauthorized access to a computer system by manipulating or exploiting its code.
kitnaht@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hint – by manipulating or exploiting its code
Which I am explaining, they…did…not…do…
Guest_User@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They absolutely exploited unintended functionality. If this was intended, they wouldn’t have added rate limiting and locked down the api after. It was clear to say this was certainly not an intended use of the api.
In a video game for example, if there is a an item that caused excessive lagging just by placing the item. Placing a lot of them with the intent to lag the game would be an exploit. They only used items sanctioned by the game, but for unintended reasons and they would likely be banned for exploitation.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 4 months ago
You’re arguing with someone who was agreeing with you 😑
NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You are correct, I replied to the wrong comment