By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever—along with profile photos and more. https://t.co/fHhmwl1mDs
🚨 MASSIVE: Researchers scraped 3.5 BILLION WhatsApp phone numbers using the app's contact discovery feature, along with profile photos and bios for millions of people. This would be "the largest data leak in history" if it hadn't been done by researchers 🧵
Researchers tried plugging every possible phone number into WhatsApp's web app. They found they could collect 3.5 billion users' phone numbers, photos for half and profile text for almost a third, the biggest personal data exposure ever by some measures. https://t.co/ilOfmG9haa
@BrongoCS Still crazy that Valves main goal here was to circumvent anti gambling laws in certain regions. as confirmed by their patchnotes a few hours ago.
Had an amazing time at #DEFCON. Met some amazing people. And also finally was able to present the vulnerabilities we found in WhatsApp and Signal. So thanks to everyone involved creating this amazing event. It was perfect