Google Fixes Security Flaw Allowing Discovery of Phone Numbers Linked to Any Google Account

Google has fixed a security flaw that allowed the discovery of phone numbers associated with any Google account. This vulnerability, identified by Singaporean security researcher "brutecat," exploited a weakness in Google's account recovery function. Exploiting this flaw required several specific conditions. The vulnerability could enable a brute force attack on the recovery phone number of an account, thereby exposing users to privacy and security risks.