They Can Exploit Two-Factor Authentication

Two-factor authentication offers an extra layer of protection that helps prevent others from getting into your online accounts, but what happens when someone can exploit this feature?

Suppose an online platform sends the two-factor code to your email address to verify your identity. In that case, anyone with access to your email account can easily crack the two-factor authentication feature. Even if you use SMS or an authenticator app for your two-factor code, requests for password resets usually go to your email address, and in some cases that also includes requests to disable two-factor authentication entirely.

This goes hand in hand with our previous point — one a hacker gets into your email account, they’ll have no problems accessing all your other online accounts.