Users of the Social Security Administration’s online services will use cell phones or an email message to get a one-time code to access their My Social Security accounts under a new agency plan to strengthen access security.
The one-time code will be needed beginning on June 10 to register or log into My Social Security accounts, according to the agency’s notification on its website.
SSA said it already requires an email address to use the services. The new safeguard requires users to choose either a mobile phone number or an email address to receive the one-time, second-factor authentication code. The code must then be entered along with the individual’s username and password in order to access an account.
