{"id":4368,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/charleston-sc-1165\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2026-10-21T02:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:18:21","slug":"mfa-fatigue-the-attack-that-works-by-simply-annoying-you-into-saying-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/charleston-sc-1165\/blog\/mfa-fatigue-the-attack-that-works-by-simply-annoying-you-into-saying-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA Fatigue: The Attack That Works by Simply Annoying You Into Saying Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multi-factor authentication was supposed to be the fix. Add a second step to login, and stolen passwords stop mattering as much. For years, that held up. Then attackers found a way around it that doesn’t rely on breaking encryption or guessing codes. It relies on something much simpler: human irritation.<\/span><\/p>\n

MFA fatigue attacks work by bombarding a user with push notification after push notification until they tap “approve” just to make the noise stop. No malware, no brute force, no clever exploit. Just persistence aimed at a tired employee trying to get back to work. It’s one of the fastest-growing attack methods small businesses face today, and most have never heard of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Is an MFA Fatigue Attack?<\/b><\/h2>\n

An MFA fatigue attack, sometimes called MFA bombing or push bombing, happens when an attacker who already has a valid username and password triggers repeated authentication requests to the account owner’s phone. The attacker doesn’t need the second factor. They need the victim to approve it for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sequence usually looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n