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Turn on two-step verification for email and bank accounts

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Open the security settings of your email, bank, brokerage and shopping accounts and turn on multifactor authentication (often called two-step verification or 2FA). Start with email, since it can reset everything else. An authenticator app or passkey is stronger than a text code, but any second step beats a password alone.

The result

Result: CISA: people who enable MFA are significantly less likely to get hacked, because a stolen password alone no longer gets someone into the account.

Source

CISA: More than a Password (MFA) (opens the original source in a new tab). Check it for the latest numbers before you act.

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