--- title: A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech... description: An exposed database belonging to a technology company leaked 2FA codes for tech giants like Facebook, Google, and TikTok. The exposed database included text... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants | daily.dev og:description: An exposed database belonging to a technology company leaked 2FA codes for tech giants like Facebook, Google, and TikTok. The exposed database included text... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UgHR3Yk3P.png og:image:alt: A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An exposed database belonging to a technology company leaked 2FA codes for tech giants like Facebook, Google, and TikTok. The exposed database included text messages with one-time passcodes and password reset links. The leak has raised concerns about the security of SMS-based 2FA. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#data-leak](https://daily.dev/tags/data-leak) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p"},"datePublished":"2024-02-29T21:54:26.184Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"An exposed database belonging to a technology company leaked 2FA codes for tech giants like Facebook, Google, and TikTok. The exposed database included text...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8345a16fc1f29b8b1f14205070b34ffa?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8345a16fc1f29b8b1f14205070b34ffa?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-leaky-database-spilled-2fa-codes-for-the-world-s-tech-giants-ughr3yk3p","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,security,cyber,privacy,data-leak","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants"}]} ```