Thursday, November 29, 2007

Reported malfunction in PayPal Security Key

"When eBay rolled out the PayPal Security Key earlier this year, its executives hailed it as an important measure that would make users more secure. And it was. By generating a random, six-digit number every 30 seconds that users needed to authenticate themselves online, the small electronic token provided an additional layer of protection against phishers and other online criminals."

Source: The Register

No comments: