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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege

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SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Scheme allegedly targeted Apple, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile stores in 13 states.
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    And this is why smart people don’t use text message to factor authentication, if at all possible. App based OTP is much safer

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      I wish the companies that decide to only allow SMS 2FA (or none at all) will fucking realize this sooner rather than later

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        Or at least be held liable for any losses.

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      And yubikey

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        Exactly. I don’t have a physical key because I would want one that has open source hardware and software.

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          I believe Solokey is a brand that makes open source hardware keys.

          Edit: they might only be fido 2 level 1 and not level 2 like yubikey

          Edit 2: apparently there’s also openkey and nitrokey so those are some more options for you.

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            Thanks, I will check them out, though, that only being level 1 could be a problem.

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