A cybersecurity issue left phone numbers linked to Google accounts completely vulnerable, according to a researcher. It would take an hour to obtain a U.S. number, eight minutes for a U.K. one and (flipboard.social)

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"Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information from any Google account," writes @josephcox@infosec.exchange for @404media.

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