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An SMS routing company's exposed database was left online without a password, spilling 2FA codes and password reset links to the open web.

A security breach exposed two-factor authentication (2FA) codes/password reset links for millions of users on platforms like Facebook, Google, and TikTok.

Key Points:

  • YX International, an SMS routing company, left an internal database exposed online without a password.
  • The database contained one-time 2FA codes and password reset links for various tech giants.
  • YX International secured the database and claims to have “sealed the vulnerability.”
  • The company wouldn’t confirm how long the database was exposed or if anyone else accessed it.
  • Representatives from Meta, Google, and TikTok haven’t commented yet.

Concerns:

  • This leak highlights the vulnerabilities of SMS-based 2FA compared to app-based methods.
  • The lack of information regarding the leak’s duration and potential access by others raises concerns.

Gemini Recommendations:

  • Consider switching to app-based 2FA for increased security.
  • Be cautious of suspicious communications and avoid clicking unknown links.
  • Stay informed about potential security breaches affecting your online accounts.
  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    10 months ago

    It’s funny how you don’t realize that you’re describing yourself to everyone else while talking with someone who is clearly much more inform that you could ever hope to be.

    You don’t need to go agro over someone’s anecdotal comment. Makes you look like an unhinged idiot.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Not really, just tired of seeing ignorant comments posted by unhinged idiots who don’t know what they’re talking about in regards to a field I’m rather knowledgeable in.

        In the end, I don’t care what you think because you’re wrong and very obviously uninformed, and just lashing out at people smarter than you who aren’t willing to spoon-feed you information you could easily Google based on, again, a comment that was explicitly anecdotal.

        If you had put forth even a modicum of your own effort instead of acting unhinged, you would have seen that this is a common complaint about financial institutions. But keep going off on uneducated and uninformed rants, makes you look suuuuuuuper smart.