Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran

Re:Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran – re... by yeukhon on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @11:32PM (#12215388)

Well, a lot of MFA is done through SMS. I believe sides like Tumblr and Twitter do that? At least I am asked to do SMS authentication for those sites. Maybe it's a setting I checked off.

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Re:Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran – re... by RockyMcNuts on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @11:45PM (#12215445)

NIST says SMS is not secure enough for 2FA

http://www.cnet.com/news/nist-set-to-ban-sms-based-two-facto...

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Re:Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran – re... by yeukhon on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @12:42AM (#12215631)

Thanks. This is a good reference I can share with folks internally.

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