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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by krior on Thursday July 03, 2025 @01:32AM (#44451925)
How would that attack work?
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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by VoidWhisperer on Thursday July 03, 2025 @01:59AM (#44452071)
SIM Swap attacks are what they are referring to, I think.
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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by m3galinux on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:17AM (#44452153)
Or SS7 attack to intercept SMS messages, no SIM swap required.
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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by xyst on Thursday July 03, 2025 @06:24AM (#44453515)
Doesn’t this require physical access to a compromised mobile network?
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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by chainingsolid on Thursday July 03, 2025 @07:09AM (#44453799)
Requires that someone has physical access, that they can then sell digital access to.
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Re:Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month by krior on Friday July 04, 2025 @11:32AM (#44465399)
Do banks really use SMS as an auth method these days?
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