This is Authy's second breach in two years

Summary

  • Authy is a 2FA app that recently suffered a data breach that exposed more than 33 million phone numbers.
  • An unsecured API endpoint allowed threat actors to collect linked numbers.
  • If you think your personal information might be among the 33 million leaked numbers, consider securing your accounts with 2FA and be wary of SMS phishing attacks.
  • limerod@reddthat.comOPMEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    The breach was because of an unsecured API endpoint. No actual auth codes were leaked. without 2FA the attacker would just need your password and email to get account access.