Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)


Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort  —  A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app.

Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
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