SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey gained unauthorized access. From that guys definition that is a hack, no an exploit
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBut they are using a loophole to gain sensitive data. They did not gain unauthorised access to the system.
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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.
They gained unauthorized access. From that guys definition that is a hack, no an exploit
But they are using a loophole to gain sensitive data. They did not gain unauthorised access to the system.
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.