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Cybersecurity2 min readJuly 8, 2026

The Verification Step Is the New ATO Battleground in 2026

Attackers are increasingly targeting the account verification step as their primary method to compromise user accounts, exploiting weaknesses in email confirmations, SMS codes, and other verification mechanisms that organizations rely on for security. Org

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