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What a frightening experience! I'm sorry this happened to you. Curious to understand how these attacker obtain your phone number in the first place? I mean it's
by sasas 9y ago
What a frightening experience! I'm sorry this happened to you. Curious to understand how these attacker obtain your phone number in the first place? I mean it's not something you publish widely right?
- kevingrahl 9y agoI don’t mean to say it was OP’s fault but you shouldn’t really use your primary phone number for 2FA anyways. Using a burner dumb phone dedicated only for 2FA should be standard, right?
- Hanswurst133742 9y agoStandard? As far as I know, the majority of users dont even use 2FA at all. How do you expect them to have a dedicated phone for it...
- nym 9y agoDoes Tmobile offer 2FA that isn't SMS based?
- nym 9y agoIt turns out the hacker stole a dealer's ID which meant the OTP sent to my phone was never needed / used. The dealer id overrides the need for a password.
- always_good 9y agoIf you know somebody's name, you have enough information to call each carrier until you get a hit and then escalate from there.
- nym 9y agoUnfortunately I don't guard my name + number like I do my passwords. Who knows how they found it, in a post equihax world I'm not sure anyone can consider this private.