Twitter Two-Factor Authentication Has a Vulnerability
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Hackers Gain Path to Potential Account Takeover by Turning Off SMS Second Factor Twitter accounts that use SMS for two-factor authentication are at a heightened risk of account takeover with the disclosure that texting "STOP" to the verification service results in it being turned off. The vulnerability opens the door to a password reset attack or a password stuffing attack.
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