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Re:How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Veriz... by acastroe on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:14PM (#14466312)
How did the guy get past the first factor authentication?

(e.g. How did he get past the normal password?)

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Re:How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Veriz... by guiambros on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:55PM (#14467322)
Likewise; can't understand how they got access to his Gmail account. Yeah, it was a costly learning on the importance of 2FA, but seems OP also needs a basic password manager.
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Re:How to lose $8k worth of Bitcoin in 15 minutes with Veriz... by URSpider94 on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:17AM (#14467432)
Because you can reset your GMail password by sending an SMS to your cell phone?

Most services assume that your phone is a trusted device, and that SMS is a trusted delivery service. Neither of which is true if you can get someone to activate a new phone on your account, or you can hijack SMS.

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