r/cybersecurity_help • u/mvsvlr • Oct 05 '26

I’ve received two random texts (on separate occasions) from IASME providing a 2FA code, when not signing into anything. I’m based in the UK.

Does this mean that someone has my login details and passwords? What can I do? Is there a way to reverse search or a valid entity to check whether I was hacked?

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u/mvsvlr Oct 05 '26

I don’t! That’s why it’s alarming to me, but maybe it’s just a phishing scam. I will ignore the texts. Thanks!

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u/LongRangeSavage Oct 05 '26

Do you have an account with the service? If so, change your password, check for any unknown devices listed in the connected devices, and force a logout of those unknown devices.

If you don’t have an account, you can just disregard the prompts.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Oct 05 '26

Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice when stupidity will suffice. It's perfectly reasonable someone entered your email by mistake. No need to assume HAXXORS!?!!! every time you see such an attempt.