Researchers claim ‘largest leak ever’ after uncovering WhatsApp enumeration flaw – DataBreaches.Net

Researchers claim to have uncovered the largest data leak ever by exploiting a WhatsApp enumeration flaw to gather personal data of over 3.5 billion users. The flaw allowed them to collect phone numbers, names, and profile images by inputting generated phone numbers without encountering effective rate limiting.

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