Security News > 2021 > October > Google to auto-enroll 150 million user accounts into 2FA
Google announced today that they plan on auto-enrolling 150 million accounts into two-factor authentication by the end of 2021.
To protect Google accounts from unauthorized access, it is possible to enroll in an optional security feature called two-factor authentication, or as Google likes to call it, 2-step verification.
In May, Google announced that it had started automatically enrolling users into 2SV for properly configured accounts to protect against exposed credentials from data breaches or the use of easy passwords.
Today, Google has announced that they will be automatically enrolling 150 million additional Google Accounts into 2SV by the end of the year.
"By the end of 2021, we plan to auto-enroll an additional 150 million Google users in 2SV and require 2 million YouTube creators to turn it on."
Google says that these additional accounts will only be enrolled if they have the "Proper backup mechanisms" in place to transition to 2SV. For those unable to enroll in 2SV due to available authentication methods, Google is working on other technologies that these users can use.