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Re:US SEC blames 'SIM swapping' for its X account hack by guenthert on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:09AM (#39101892)
"Monday's statement also said that due to difficulties accessing the account, SEC staff had asked X Support in June of 2023 to disable MFA, which can offer added protection against unauthorized access."

I suppose life is about to get way more difficult for those who found accessing X with MFA too difficult ...

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Re:US SEC blames 'SIM swapping' for its X account hack by toomuchtodo on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:12AM (#39105287)
What's somewhat comical is that the federal government has a PKI system (common access cards [1]) that Login.gov supports, but SEC folks couldn't manage a Yubikey or similar secure hardware authenticator for their Twitter/X account.

[1] https://www.cac.mil/common-access-card/

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