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Here's the basic story:
Knowing your Pin means they can do pretty much anything they want with your account. Take this seriously.
The Pin allows a user to prove that they are who they say they are.
Here's more:
If you're a Verizon customer, you need to change your PIN — the personal identification number you use when contacting customer service — right now.
A security firm revealed on Wednesday that information on millions Verizon accounts was exposed on an unsecured server. The information consisted of the subscriber's name, cellphone number, and the account PIN. The last element is obviously the crucial one: With the PIN, an attacker could fool a customer-service representative into giving them access to a subscriber's account.
Knowing your Pin means they can do pretty much anything they want with your account. Take this seriously.
The Pin allows a user to prove that they are who they say they are.
Here's more:
Each record included a customer's name, a cell phone number, and their account PIN -- which if obtained would grant anyone access to a subscriber's account, according to a Verizon call center representative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the press.