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How was the hacker able to change OP’s phone number attached to the Google account? Every time I commandeer a google account, its with the prior owner - usuall
by vmception 5y ago
How was the hacker able to change OP’s phone number attached to the Google account?
Every time I commandeer a google account, its with the prior owner - usually in India - punching in the authentication number on the phone. (I get the 2 digit number on my screen and I tell them what it is, and they select the same number from a multiple choice selection on their phone)
Maybe this measure could be circumvented if remote desktopping into a computer nearby the prior owner’s postal code, and taking over the account from that computer, this is how some online credit card fraud passes scrutiny, because the hacker doesnt appear far from the location of other purchases.
- vageli 5y ago> How was the hacker able to change OP’s phone number attached to the Google account? > Every time I commandeer a google account, its with the prior owner - usually in India - punching in the authentication number on the phone. (I get the 2 digit number on my screen and I tell them what it is, and they select the same number from a multiple choice selection on their phone) I think this is for Microsoft accounts not Google.
- shkkmo 5y agonope, it's standard google practice when authenticating on a new device
- vmception 5y agoIve only done this on Google accounts
- vageli 5y agoIs the two-digit number on your screen from a Google prompt? I thought it was Microsoft because I have seen the same flow when using Microsoft authenticator to access an outlook/live accoun.
- vmception 5y agoIts on my computer screen from a Google prompt, in the browser I tried to log in with. Its not that mysterious, many services uses the same authentication flow if it works to some extent.