Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen

• Guest_User@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Guest_User@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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