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Elon Musk’s X botched its security key switchover, locking users out

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STIX ID: report--fd2092b0-d1b9-5b57-a94b-62826524252c

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Date Published: 2025-11-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Zack Whittaker

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Reports indicate that X’s mandatory migration of passkey and hardware security key 2FA from twitter.com to x.com has left many users locked out or stuck in re-enrollment loops after a November 10 deadline, while authenticator app users are unaffected. Because passkeys/security keys are bound to the original domain, users must manually re-enroll on x.com, but many are encountering errors. X has not commented on the disruption.

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