OAN Staff Blake Wolf
5:55 PM – Thursday, December 19, 2024
Following a massive telecom breach, Apple and Android users are being urged to restrain from receiving two-factor authentication codes through text, risking exposure of non-encrypted messages by suspected Chinese hackers.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a memo on Wednesday responding to the threat, instructing people to not utilize SMS as a second factor authentication method for online accounts.
“SMS messages are not encrypted — a threat actor with access to a telecommunication provider’s network…
