Flawed MFA Opens Doors to Ransomware

Use multifactor authentication and be protected from ransomware—at least that’s what dozens of cybersecurity experts and the government advised. Even the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) states on its website: “MFA increases security because even if one credential becomes compromised, unauthorized users will be unable to meet the second authentication requirement and will not be able to access the targeted physical space, computing device, network, or database.”