# Can Microsoft authenticator app be hacked?

Can Microsoft authenticator app be hacked?

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

At one time there was an option to steal a token, if that bad actor had the email and password, thus spoofing you authentication. Also there is a fake Authenticator App in the Apple App Store that is very similar looking to Microsoft's. That one I have not fully looked into, but it does throw off our less knowledgable users through a loop of unable to complete authentication setup. 

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- Posted at: 3 months ago
- Author title: Technology Support Technician at Bartlett City Schools



### Comment 2

I don't believe, until you have access to physical phone and have the credentials to unlock the phone.!.

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Service Delivery Manager at SoftwareONE



### Comment 3

Microsoft Authenticator is mostly second part in two factor authentication & then also code is also refreshed every 30 second or notification with limited time expiry. Most likely not it can be hacked untill your phone is compromised & password if also hacked, that means hacker has access to password & authenticator both. 

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Technical Architect .Net full stack, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microservices, Block Chain, Agile, SAFe, Chaos Engineering, Solution Engineering




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