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GAO: After Equifax Breach, KBA No Longer Effective
2019-06-17 21:03

New Report Calls for Other Methods of Authentication at Federal AgenciesSome federal agencies inappropriately continue to rely on knowledge-based authentication to prevent fraud and abuse even though this method is no longer trustworthy because so much personal information that's been breached is readily available to fraudsters, a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report notes.


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