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MFA prompt bombing (noun) [Word Notes]
Season 3 · Episode 117

MFA prompt bombing (noun) [Word Notes]

Hacking Humans · N2K Networks

January 13, 20266m 47sbonus

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Show Notes

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Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop. 

CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/mfa-prompt-bombing⁠

Audio reference link: movieclips. “⁠Sneakers (2/9) Movie Clip - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD.⁠YouTube, YouTube, 29 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5vsPJ5Tos.