HILL TECH & CYBER BRIEFING: Google Warned About Passcode Theft

Google told a U.S. lawmaker that it received a warning last May that a European technology company was “siphoning” user passcodes to aid surveillance carried out by foreign governments.

Google told Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that the company had been tipped off that Mitto may have been “siphoning off two-factor text messages for surveillance companies and their foreign government clients,” according to a Wyden aide.

It’s not clear who made the allegation, which, if true, could have allowed foreign governments to access personal accounts. Google said it looked into the matter but “due to a lack of visibility into telecommunications ...