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Well, hello out there in Cyberland. I am Matthew Galt. This is Cyber. Now, we've all gotten calls from someone trying to talk to us about our car's extended warranty, even if we don't have a car. But has a robot ever called you to try to get to the code your bank sends you when you log in? It hasn't happened yet. It might happen soon.

That's the subject of motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox's newest piece just came out this morning.

The booming underground market for bots that steal your two-f-a codes.

Joseph, thank you so much for coming on to this episode of Cyber.

Thank you, as always.

All right, so let's start today's episode with a phone call.

Normally, if a hacker wants to break in your two-factor authentication, they actually have to

call you, right?

Somebody has to get you on the phone.

A person will be trying to persuade you.

What we're about to hear is different. A robot is making

that call. So this audio is embedded in your article. I'm going to play it now. Or everybody.

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