mTAN stands for “mobileTAN” and is often also called “SMS-TAN” or “mobile TAN”.<\/p>\n
With this method, the TAN is sent to the user’s cell phone via SMS.<\/p>\n
For a long time, the procedure was considered practical, user-friendly and secure, as two separate devices are used to generate TANs.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, a number of risks have become known: However, because this method is so popular, hackers have made it their goal to crack this method, which they have succeeded in doing in numerous cases.<\/p>\n
Read more Dangers<\/b><\/p>\nHow the mTAN procedure works<\/h2>\n
To be able to use this procedure, the user needs a PC and a cell phone with SMS function and must deposit the cell phone number with their bank.<\/p>\n
After the user has entered the transfer data, they receive a TAN by text message, which is only valid for a few minutes and only for this one transfer. Once the TAN has been entered in the field provided, the transaction is completed. <\/p>\n
With some banks the SMS is sent free of charge, with some banks it costs a few cents, with other banks it only costs a few cents after the 5th transfer.<\/p>\n
mTAN \/ smsTAN mTAN stands for “mobileTAN” and is often also called “SMS-TAN” or “mobile TAN”. With this method, the TAN is sent to the user’s cell phone via SMS. For a long time, the procedure was considered practical, user-friendly and secure, as two separate devices are used to generate TANs. In the meantime, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wiki-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n