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Million-Code Heist: Why Your 2FA Texts Aren’t Safe and How to Fix It
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You might want to sit up for this one because a recent report just dropped a bombshell: around a million SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) codes were intercepted. Yep, those little six-digit codes that are supposed to keep your accounts super secure? They’ve been passing through some shady hands. According to a whistleblower in the tech industry, these codes went through an obscure foreign company with ties to government intelligence and digital surveillance firms. This news, reported by 9to5Mac, is a wake-up call about the vulnerabilities of SMS-based 2FA. Let’s dive into what this means and what you can do to protect yourself.
Read this blog post: https://buzzmybiz.co/blog/million-code-heist-why-your-2fa-texts-arent-safe-and-how-to-fix-it
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