Researcher Found Flaw to Discover Phone Numbers Linked to Any Google Account

Google has stepped in to address a security flaw that could have made it possible to brute-force an account's recovery phone number, potentially exposing them to privacy and security risks. The issue, according to Singaporean security researcher "brutecat," leverages an issue in the company's account recovery feature. That said, exploiting the vulnerability hinges on several moving parts,

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