Their policy should just be to reset the password immediately and have the user set a new one. This is one hell of a risk.
That would imply they have to test that the credentials are correct though.
Otherwise I can just put somebody’s user and put some fake password and they would reset it and disconnect the account of that user and annoy him.
I still can’t believe American banks lets you login with just username / password? Surely there is some id check or at least two factors involved?
Nope, several years ago someone complained that their steam account has better protection then their bank account. We’re now in 2023 and that statement still holds. It’s quite scary really. Bank websites that heavily rely on third party scripts ,“MFA” logins based on something you know and something you know. Account verification question based on code words or security questions based on public information. Worst of all, the ignorance of it all. “We got hacked, here have a identity protection bandage, comes with an automatic subscription after several years”.
Couldn’t BofA Have deleted the tweet?
I get why you’re saying that since it was Xitted at/tagged Bank of America. But it was still a public post from the user’s account. That’s like assuming a company could delete one of your emails or your Facebook post.
Hot take: let the bank release tweets like this as a honeypot, and see who tries to log in.