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what is the worst thing can happen if you leak your 2FA/MFA secret? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by humuhumu@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Change your shit asap. Anyone who has access to it can theoretically auth as you on any site or product that uses that 2fa setup. They would still need to have your underlying credentials that would initiate the 2fa protocol exchange anyway, but if they have access to your underlying 2fa secret, its not too far fetched to believe they may have other credentials potentially, depending on how you've secured the access and where you store your credentials. To be safe and not paranoid, it's best to just do a root trust rotation and cycle the underlying auth creds