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Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:46:35 +0000

Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp[.]agency, a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. Launched in November 2019, OTP Agency was a service for intercepting one-time passwords needed to log in to various websites. Scammers would enter the target’s phone number and name, and the service would initiate an automated phone call to the target that alerts them about unauthorized activity on their account.

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When Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts Look Like Phishing

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:55:17 +0000

Multiple media reports this week warned Americans to be on guard against a new phishing scam that arrives in a text message informing recipients they are not yet registered to vote. A bit of digging reveals the missives were sent by a California political consulting firm as part of a well-meaning but potentially counterproductive get-out-the-vote effort that had all the hallmarks of a phishing campaign.

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