The reality is they may not know exactly what was obtained, but they do know it wasn’t anything they don’t collect (like DOB, SSN, etc listed in the message). Instead of looking at this purely as a CYA message, instead looking at it as informing you as soon as they had any idea your information may have been impacted instead of waiting weeks/months to inform you. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
Comment on Don't worry, we only lost the dangerous parts... not something personal like your dob
punkcoder@lemmy.world 5 months agoYup and that’s the infuriating part. It’s not helpful or useful, it 100% a cya.
Wxfisch@lemmy.world 5 months ago
zaph@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
This is nice. I’ma keep it.
Nighed@sffa.community 5 months ago
Your title implies they lost all the bad stuff though
punkcoder@lemmy.world 5 months ago
With the IMEI and SIM card information they now have the details needed to take over MFA. I share my birthdate with people that I casually know, I try not to do that with MFA codes. Credit card details would be bad, but at this point with the number of people who have leaked it, I would be 100% surprised if you couldn’t find our CC data via a google search.
stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Setup TOTP NOW. Mint added proper TOTP authentication as MFA a while back that should block sms based MFA. Might be a good way to prevent sim swapping attacks.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Might work for mint but what about all the other accounts with other companies using mfa?