UK trio pleads guilty to operating $10M MFA bypass biz

September 3, 2024 at 05:37PM Three men in the UK have pleaded guilty to running a multifactor authentication (MFA) bypass ring, potentially making up to £7.9 million in less than two years. The trio operated OTP.agency, providing cybercriminals with tools to bypass MFA and access bank accounts. They face up to 14 years in prison … Read more

Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud

September 3, 2024 at 11:00AM Three individuals pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K. They targeted more than 12,500 people, promising to deliver OTPs for over 30 online services for weekly subscriptions ranging from £30 … Read more

Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud

September 2, 2024 at 01:51PM Three men pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain OTPs from customers of U.K. banks. They targeted over 12,500 people and made potential earnings of up to £7.9 million. The trio faces fraud and money laundering charges, with maximum prison sentences of … Read more