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Comment by S3raph

> How was 2FA bypassed here?

very likely a sim swap attack:

"A SIM swap scam is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message or call placed to a mobile telephone." [1]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_swap_scam

parent S3raph 6 years ago

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