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Re:Vitalik Buterin reveals X account hack was caused by SIM-... by twothamendment on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @09:17AM (#37480718)
I know you said competent, so this doesn't apply to the service I used yesterday, but it blew my mind. I lost access to TOTP for a service, but no big deal, I'm a good person who kept the backup codes. The codes are all 4 digits and the service wants a 6 digit code!

Luckily it is some lame work account that someone else can unlock to get me back in. I couldn't believe that the backup codes provided are now obsolete!

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Re:Vitalik Buterin reveals X account hack was caused by SIM-... by qingcharles on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @09:18PM (#37490965)
Damn, you're lucky it's not something important. Especially with accounts for things like Google or Facebook/Instagram where they boast about not having any human support and you are totally shit-out-of-luck if you can't get in.
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