3 ms·
> Up until recently SMS 2FA could be broken for $10 because one VOIP provider allowed number registration on any number. Surely not?
by stef25 5y ago
> Up until recently SMS 2FA could be broken for $10 because one VOIP provider allowed number registration on any number.
Surely not?
- KingMachiavelli 5y ago> "I used a prepaid card to buy their $16 per month plan and then after that was done it let me steal numbers just by filling out LOA info with fake info," Lucky225 added, referring to a Letter of Authorization, a document saying that the signer has authority to switch telephone numbers. From 2021: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g8wb/hacker-got-my-texts-16-dollars-sakari-netnumber https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g8wb/hacker-got-my-texts-1... EDIT: yea it's not 'registering' the number but rather rerouting a copy of all messages to another number.