70% of account takeovers exploit push prompts or SIM swaps
Imagine waking up to find your accounts emptied because you casually tapped a push notification or your number got hijacked; that sinking feeling is all too real. About 70% of account takeovers now lean on push prompts or SIM swaps — and if you care about security, this should keep you up at night.
- 70% of confirmed account takeovers have been attributed to push prompts or SIM swaps in some industry incident surveys - However, this figure reflects the distribution of observed ATO cases across organizations and should be interpreted separately from per-campaign success probabilities. Per-attempt success rates (see table) measure likelihood on each targeted campaign. The 70% figure shows these two vectors account for a large share of observed compromises across environments. Technical leaders must weigh attacker success rates, detection gaps and operational costs. They must choose between low-friction MFA and stronger, higher-effort controls. - Quantified trade-offs and immediate hardening steps matter for pre-migration decisions, post-incident containment, and procurement
MFA Bypass Risks: Push Fatigue vs OTP SIM Swap quantifies attacker success likelihood, mitigation cost and ROI. It presents a numeric risk matrix, SIEM detection indicators, and IdP configuration steps for Azure AD, Okta, Ping, and Auth0. It also gives prioritized Zero Trust controls so teams can pick concrete defenses and incident playbooks.
Quick comparison
This section gives a concise numeric view to pick a short and long term defense path. Read the table, then follow the prioritized steps below.
Metrics explained
Decide fast — the numbers point to one clear priority, and the fix might be simpler (and cheaper) than you think...
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