Text messages may not be secure enough for two-factor authentication, The Wall Street Journal reports. Texts, or SMS messages, were previously a “maintenance communication channel between cell towers and phones” but were widely adopted by consumers who learned they could send texts to other cell customers. Today, hackers can utilize SMS messages to launch phishing attacks and SIM card swapping, where hackers clone a cellphone and can read texts sent to a cellphone. Editor's note: BigID Chief Privacy Officer Heather Federman, CIPP/US, discussed the pitfalls of the current identifier landscape and what future solutions could look like in an article for the IAPP.
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