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meaning google's awesome security is actually breachable.
man-made security is actually breachable? Say it ain't so!
meaning google's awesome security is actually breachable.
Wouldn't have worked if he did 2FA with an authenticator app and time based cypher.
.. i dont even know what that means ...
Nothing? How about a video of the space shuttle viewed from an airplane? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM
Unreal! After responding to the two-factor thread I was in the pool thinking about how a hacker could circumvent that and wondered if Telcos could be hacked and lo and behold we have a perfect example right here!
considering Verizon just gave out his info 2FA wasn't gonna do shit
considering Verizon just gave out his info 2FA wasn't gonna do shit
For those who dont know:
Dude is one of the exact things wrong with the internet.
there are two interesting bits of info here. one, that a hacker has managed to get access to his account, through youtube exploits, meaning google's awesome security is actually breachable.
second, there are no humans supervising the bans on youtube.
Hey guys. Boogie here.
Looks like we got hacked again. Someone manage to steal my phone number and used it to gain access to everything.
For those who dont know:
That sounds to me like he was using multi factor authentication and instead of using the Google Authenticator app, he used text messaging to his phone. His mistake. Plus notice he said "hacked again." Clearly this guy doesn't have a clue about security.
GMail allows you to add a phone number for account recovery purposes. The hacker was able to steal his Verizon number using social engineering (it would be interesting to see how the hacker convinced Verizon), and then used the account recovery to gain access to his Google account. Since the Google account is tied to various other services such as YouTube, it isn't that hard to screw with things, and since Boogie makes his money off YouTube, that's a serious thing to screw with.
I recall Ars having an article on something similar to this happening to one of their writers. In that case, I think it was someone stealing information through Amazon by constantly fishing for bits of information.
what losers
who?
Me?
You?
Anandtech?
Francis?
Youtube?
Youtube viewers?
Setup a verbal password with your network provider. Anybody that requests changes to the account will need a password.verizon gave someone access to his phone account
dude changed phone sim to his
2 factor now sends auth to hackers phone
that is exactly what happened
as Ichinisan said it would not have happened with some other form of 2FA but pmuch everyone uses SMS based