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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 - us
by 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.