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LBCI
3 days ago
- LBCI
Lebanon arrests employee for accepting bribes, several others detained in registration office crackdown
Lebanon's Ministry of Interior and Municipalities announced that as part of ongoing reforms to combat corruption in the vehicle registration department, an employee identified as A.M. was placed under surveillance after reports he was accepting bribes to overlook violations during vehicle inspections. In coordination with the Internal Security Forces' Information Branch, A.M. was caught in the act and arrested. During questioning, he admitted to the charges and to collaborating with another employee, D.H., including selling sale certificates to transaction intermediaries and inspecting vehicles without their presence at the department. Authorities also arrested employee D.H. and intermediaries B.D., M.A., and J.D., with efforts ongoing to detain other individuals involved under judicial supervision. The ministry reaffirmed its commitment to fighting corruption and promoting transparency and accountability across its departments and agencies to protect citizens' rights.
Bloomberg
16-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Two-Factor Authentication Codes May Not Be So Private
A Bloomberg investigation shows one-time verification codes sent via text can be viewed by the intermediaries they pass through. Bloomberg's Ryan Gallagher discusses what they mean and the safer way to receive these codes. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
16-06-2025
- Bloomberg
How a Tiny Middleman Could Access Two-Factor Login Codes From Tech Giants
Every day, millions of people sign in to their email, banking app or social media accounts with both their password and a one-time login code they receive by text message. The codes often arrive with a warning: 'Do not share this with anyone.' The recipients of those warnings, though, have no way of knowing who saw it before it got to them. When companies generate messages with one of these so-called two-factor authentication codes, they almost never send them directly. Instead they outsource the job, passing the codes through a thicket of intermediaries before they arrive at their destinations. Because of inherent weaknesses in SMS—the decades-old technology standard used for text messages—it's possible for entities that handle such messages to see their content. But the complexity of the system means neither the sender nor the recipient can be sure exactly who's handled them along the way.
