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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen
(appleinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2024
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'hacked'. Eh. There was an API endpoint left open that allowed them to basically just spam it with no rate limiting. They used the lack of a rate limit to just pull the data out of the API that it was made to produce.
This isn't about being pedantic but sure, mate.