Verizon glitch appears to have exposed texting data from any number

A rudimentary URL hack may have exposed texting data for tens of millions of Verizon customers, according to a new report from security researcher Prvsec. The vulnerability was reportedly fixed in September, a month after Prvsec privately disclosed it to the carrier, but before it was addressed it allowed Verizon subscribers to pull metadata on the recent texts of any other number on the Verizon network. Verizon did not respond to a request for comment.

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