Cloud brute-force attack cracks Google users' phone numbers in minutes

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Cloud brute-force attack cracks Google users' phone numbers in minutes

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A researcher has exposed a flaw in Google's authentication systems, opening it to a brute-force attack that left users' mobile numbers up for grabs.…

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