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Unconfirmed TikTok Leak Requires Caution
- TikTok and WeChat data were claimed leaked, but origins remain unconfirmed and may be dubious.
- Change passwords and enable two-factor authentication as a precautionary measure.
Freeze Your Credit After Breaches
- Freeze your credit instead of paying for credit monitoring after data breaches.
- Freezing credit is free, lasts indefinitely, and avoids selling more invasive data to monitoring firms.
SMS MFA Is Vulnerable To Targeted Attacks
- Twilio breach allowed attackers to intercept SMS MFA codes by searching Octa-related phone numbers.
- This episode underlines why SMS-based two-factor authentication is fragile and targeted attacks succeed.