Facebook acknowledges SMS notifications sent using 2FA was caused by bug - www.justnaira.com
Yesterday, Facebook cleared up the situation around the SMS notifications sent using the company’s two-factor authentication (2FA) system, stating that the messages were surely caused by a bug. In a blog post, Facebook Chief of Security Officer, Alex Stamos wrote that, the company says the error led it to “send non-security-related SMS notifications to these phone numbers.” Facebook uses the automated number 362-65, or “FBOOK,” as its two-factor authentication number which is an assured way of confirming the identity of a user by sending a numeric code to a subaltern device say a mobile phone. However, it was that very number
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