Trio Admits Running “OTP Agency” Enabling Bank Fraud, and 2FA Bypass

Three men plead guilty to running OTP Agency, a website that enabled criminals to bypass banking security and…...

Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty

Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp.agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes OTPs that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. Launched in November 2019, OTP Agency was ...

The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords OTPs that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That service quickly went offline, but new research reveals a number of competitor...