Twitter resolves security flaw that enabled phone numbers to be matched with user accounts

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Twitter's implementation of two-factor authentication exposed users' phone numbers

Twitter has resolved an issue that enabled bad actors to exploit the Twitter API to match phone numbers with accounts. The security incident occurred in December 2019, according to Twitter, enab...

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