SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1743arrow-down16
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前message-square179fedilink
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1年前So your googling proved him right. What’s embarrassing about being right?
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1年前They gained unauthorized access. From that guys definition that is a hack, no an exploit
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1年前But they are using a loophole to gain sensitive data. They did not gain unauthorised access to the system.
minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1年前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.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1年前But by the guy’s definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.
So your googling proved him right. What’s embarrassing about being right?
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.
But by the guy’s definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.