Google fixes bug that could reveal users’ private phone numbers

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The bug allowed a researcher to uncover recovery phone numbers of nearly any Google account.

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Google patched bug leaking phone numbers tied to accounts

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A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

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Výzkumník brutecat našel zranitelnost, která odhalila telefonní číslo spojené s jakýmkoli účtem Google pomocí brute force. Google problém opravil

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New: A security researcher found a bug that revealed the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account. TechCrunch verified the bug w/ the researcher, who quickly brute-forced the phone number of a test Google account we had set up.

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Google fixes bug that could reveal users’ private phone numbers

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A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

8 months / 404media / Joseph Cox

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

8 months / wired / Joseph Cox

Google fixes bug that could reveal users’ private phone numbers

8 months / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

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