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SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen

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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen

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SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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Twilio has updated its iOS Authy two-factor authentication app following a hack that reportedly saw 33 million cellphone numbers being stolen.
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    You can, though. But not through their app. Someone reverse engineered their protocol and wrote a program that connects like a new client, which you then approve, and it dumps all your random seeds into a text file. I then put them all into Keepass.

    Edit: Unfortunately, the author has deprecated the project as Authy has added some attestations to their API, seemingly for this exact issue. https://github.com/alexzorin/authy?tab=readme-ov-file

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        Remind me to start a batch rekeying service.

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            If there’s a benefit to such a tool would bad actors have already developed one?

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        They got rid of the desktop app.

        Also, with shouldn’t have your seeds. They’re encrypted before they are transmitted to their servers and only decrypted on the device.

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      Do you know what it’s called? I’d like to do this if possible.

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        They added a link, but the project has been deprecated

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