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by pmontra 1357 days ago
I'm sure that there are plenty of nasty scenarios.

This is one.

1. The attackers create my.name@somedomain.com / my.name.12345@gmail.com and/or use a throw away phone number (especially if the email provider uses some 2FA linked to a phone.)

2. They register an account on a web service using that email or install an app on that phone, maybe a virtualized one. Upload a picture of me as icon or fake one.

3. Use my fingerprints on their phone to get through any possible biometric 2FA.

4. They are me.

If they find a way to automate all those steps or make the labor costs small they can register a lot of bots that are real people, because 2FA says so. It's up to their imagination to find a way to profit from that.