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Hackers abused API to verify millions of Authy MFA phone numbers
Twilio has confirmed that an unsecured API endpoint allowed threat actors to verify the phone numbers of millions of Authy multi-factor authentication users, potentially making them vulnerable to SMS phishing and SIM swapping attacks.
- July 03, 2024
- 12:43 PM
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Signal rolls out usernames that let you hide your phone number
End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal finally allows users to pick custom usernames to connect with others while protecting their phone number privacy.
- February 20, 2024
- 02:11 PM
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- February 11, 2024
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China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop to find numbers, email addresses
A Chinese state-backed research institute claims to have discovered how to decrypt device logs for Apple's AirDrop feature, allowing the government to identify phone numbers or email addresses of those who shared content.
- January 09, 2024
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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
Signal is now testing public usernames that allow users to conceal the phone numbers linked to their accounts while communicating with others.
- November 08, 2023
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Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users
A threat actor claims to be selling public and private data of 400 million Twitter users scraped in 2021 using a now-fixed API vulnerability. They're asking $200,000 for an exclusive sale.
- December 26, 2022
- 03:44 PM
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- December 26, 2022
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Hackers leak personal info allegedly stolen from 5.7M Gemini users
Gemini crypto exchange announced this week that customers were targeted in phishing campaigns after a threat actor collected their personal information from a third-party vendor.
- December 15, 2022
- 04:10 PM
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5.4 million Twitter users' stolen data leaked online — more shared privately
Over 5.4 million Twitter user records containing non-public information stolen using an API vulnerability fixed in January have been shared for free on a hacker forum. Another massive, potentially more significant, data dump of millions of Twitter records has also been disclosed by a security researcher.
- November 27, 2022
- 01:31 PM
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- November 08, 2022
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Twitter confirms zero-day used to expose data of 5.4 million accounts
Twitter has confirmed a recent data breach was caused by a now-patched zero-day vulnerability used to link email addresses and phone numbers to users' accounts, allowing a threat actor to compile a list of 5.4 million user account profiles.
- August 05, 2022
- 12:00 PM
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Hacker selling Twitter account data of 5.4 million users for $30k
Twitter has suffered a data breach after threat actors used a vulnerability to build a database of phone numbers and email addresses belonging to 5.4 million accounts, with the data now up for sale on a hacker forum for $30,000.
- July 22, 2022
- 06:00 PM
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FBI warns about ongoing Google Voice authentication scams
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Americans who share their phone number online are being targeted by Google Voice authentication scams.
- January 06, 2022
- 08:29 AM
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Have I Been Pwned adds search for leaked Facebook phone numbers
Facebook users can now use the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification site to check if their phone number was exposed in the social site's recent data leak.
- April 06, 2021
- 01:50 PM
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FTC Issues Guidance On Protecting Against SIM Swap Attacks
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance on how to protect yourself from SIM swapping attacks used by scammers to take control of your phone number, to bypass SMS-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your account, and steal your credentials.
- October 23, 2019
- 07:07 PM
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Twitter Apologizes for Using Your Phone Number for Advertising
Twitter says that some of its users' phone numbers and email addresses provided for account security like two-factor authentication may have been used accidentally for ad targeting.
- October 08, 2019
- 05:05 PM
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