Bank Accounts Created Using Third-Party Email Addresses Without Owner Verification
Financial institutions allow accounts to be registered with email addresses belonging to people who did not authorize the registration, with no real-time verification sent to the email owner. The affected party has no way to have their email removed unless they contact the bank directly, and the bank has no automated mechanism to detect or prevent this. This creates both identity exposure and account takeover risk.
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