04/17/2026
Many security breaches don’t start with a weak password. They start with a phone number.
When accounts rely on text messages for login codes, the protection lives with the mobile carrier, not your IT controls.
If a number gets hijacked through a SIM swap, those one-time codes land in the wrong hands and the password no longer matters.
Authenticator apps and hardware security keys keep that step inside systems you manage.
Small authentication choices often have bigger consequences than people expect.