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A flaw in a brand new central system that Meta developed to help users manage their logins on Facebook and Instagram let malicious hackers turn off the account's two-factor security through their phone numbers.
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This allows users to link to their Meta accounts, like Facebook or Instagram.
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If a victim's number is entered, the attacker can go to the central account centre and type in the numbers of the person who was victimized then.
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Link the number to their Facebook account, then use brute force to enter the SMS two-factor code.
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This was a crucial process since there was no limit to the number of times someone could try.
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Once the attacker got the code right, the victim’s phone number became linked to the attacker’s Facebook account.