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Thousands of Phone Numbers Exposed in Robinhood Hack

2 points by hariswill 5y ago

rvz 5y ago
> The hack puts people at risk of SIM-swapping attacks, which involves hijacking access to mobile phone numbers. After being asked about why is SMS 2FA a horrific idea yesterday [0] and with another user being successfully attacked via SIM swapping and nearly getting their funds drained in Coinbase [1], it couldn't be more clearer to just stop using SMS 2FA, completely. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29254051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29254051 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29254063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29254063