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<blockquote data-quote="Cr00zng" data-source="post: 1848441" data-attributes="member: 318059">Wait a minute, quote from article:The 2FA authentication is, as it states, an additional authentication level. There's also a first level of authentication, in most cases it is UID/PWD. The article also mentions this, quote:*Emphasis mineIn my view, this means that Tomlinson's account name and password had also been compromised. While the SIM swapping is a contributing factor, let's not forget that the primary authentication credentials also had been stolen. That has nothing to do with the SWIM swapping. Unless, she stored all of her account information in the iCloud and the hacker had full access to the primary authentication details, once the SIM swap completed.If you want to protect yourself against SIM swapping, protect the primary authentication, like UID/PWD. Change your password frequently and you should not store it in the iCloud, or backup the password manager in the iCloud.I do understand that SIM swapping is an issue in Canada, but people should understand, that it is not &quot;maximum security&quot;. It is rather just a speed bump for determined hackers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cr00zng, post: 1848441, member: 318059"] Wait a minute, quote from article: The 2FA authentication is, as it states, an additional authentication level. There's also a first level of authentication, in most cases it is UID/PWD. The article also mentions this, quote: [I]*Emphasis mine[/I] In my view, this means that Tomlinson's account name and password had also been compromised. While the SIM swapping is a contributing factor, let's not forget that the primary authentication credentials also had been stolen. That has nothing to do with the SWIM swapping. Unless, she stored all of her account information in the iCloud and the hacker had full access to the primary authentication details, once the SIM swap completed. If you want to protect yourself against SIM swapping, protect the primary authentication, like UID/PWD. Change your password frequently and you should not store it in the iCloud, or backup the password manager in the iCloud. I do understand that SIM swapping is an issue in Canada, but people should understand, that it is not "maximum security". It is rather just a speed bump for determined hackers. [/QUOTE]

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