MFA Lockout With No Recovery Path for Critical Financial Accounts
ADP TotalSource blocked a user from their 401(k) account because the MFA phone number on file was disconnected, and support offered no alternative identity verification path. When phone-based MFA fails on financial accounts, the absence of fallback recovery mechanisms leaves users completely locked out of retirement savings. A structural gap across many financial SaaS platforms.
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