This keeps happening to cryptocurrency enthusiasts, but is a well-worn attack within the capabilities of a non-technical teenager. https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-most-expensive-lesson-of-my-life-details-of-sim-port-hack-35de11517124 … Take your phone number off your Gmail/etc accounts and use hardware or TOTP 2FA.
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Replying to @patio11
We use TOTP exclusively at
@BankMercury and it’s worked out fairly well so far. Still I think the 2FA offerings need improvement: 1. Google Authenticator doesn’t do backup, which surprises people and makes getting a new phone a pain in the butt2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
Replying to @MaxTagher @BankMercury
Lifecycle management at scale is the hardest problem in 2FA, a point which Stamos made a million times and which technologists underappreciate.
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