@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1743cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1743external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square184fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoSo your googling proved him right. What’s embarrassing about being right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThey gained unauthorized access. From that guys definition that is a hack, no an exploit
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoBut they are using a loophole to gain sensitive data. They did not gain unauthorised access to the system.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBut 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.