Feb 15, 2018 13:00:00

Pointed out that if Facebook sent SMS spam to 2-step verified phone number & reply, it will be posted incorrectly

ByMoneyBlogNewz

Two-factor authentication is done to enhance security by combining two different information in combination to prevent unauthorized login, and in many web services such as Facebook, "ID · password" and "telephone number" There are cases where you use the two elements of authentication for authentication. Overseas media "MashableAccording to a user on Facebook, who set up a phone number of a smartphone with two-factor authentication, from one day from FacebookSMSIt is said that spam has come to be sent.

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https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/facebook-spam-2fa/

According to Gabriel Lewis, it seems that Facebook sent a short message prompting for access to his mobile phone number used for Facebook two-factor authentication. So, when replying "Please do not send me text" "Please do not send me text" with a short message, I heard that the sent message was written on my Facebook page.

So I signed up for 2 factor auth on Facebook and they used it as an opportunity to spam me notifications. Then they posted my replies on my wall.pic.twitter.com/Fy44b07 wNg
- Gabriel Lewis (@ Gabriel__ Lewis)February 12, 2018

According to Mr. Lewis, Facebook seems to have not logged in to Facebook before setting up two-factor authentication until spam comes to be sent, and Facebook is sending notifications in an effort to urge him to log in Sex is considered. Actually Lewis set up two-factor authentication on Sunday, December 17, 2017, and the distribution of spam was started on Monday, January 5, 2018. A reporter at Mashable seems to have contacted Facebook about this issue, but it seems that no reply was obtained.

This problem seems not to have occurred only to Mr. Lewis, According to a Facebook user, when replying "Reply to hell" against spam, a message is sent to friends and family, not to Facebook Some users have testified that they have gone.

Same thing happened to me. I inadvertently told my friends and family to go hell when I replied to the spam.
- David Comdico (@ dcomdico)February 14, 2018

UNCProfessor Zeynep Tufekci, who frequently criticizes Facebook, says, "Although we can not grasp the details, the act of using Facebook's phone number obtained by two-factor authentication for other purposes is a truth for vulnerable people It is impossible to imagine the fact that such a business model is full of confidence, "he said, indicating a strong concern.