Monthly Archives: August 2022

Spotify is offering three months free to new Premium subscribers

There are offers available for student, duo, and family subscriptions as well. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify is offering three free months of service for new Spotify Premium users. The three-month offer is available for new individual and student subscribers, while new Spotify Duo and family subscribers can receive one free…

Signal alerts 1,900 messaging users to a security threat from Twilio hackers

Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images A data breach earlier this month affecting Twilio, a gateway that helps web platforms communicate over SMS or voice, may have had repercussions for users of Signal, the encrypted messaging platform. Today, Signal announced it has alerted 1,900 users that their accounts…

1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio phishing

Enlarge / Signal’s security-minded messaging app is dealing with a third-party phishing attempt that exposed a small number of users’ phone numbers. (credit: Getty Images) A successful phishing attack at SMS services company Twilio may have exposed the phone numbers of roughly 1,900 users of the secure messaging app Signal—but that’s about the extent of…