Require brokerages to protect customer accounts with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication technology such as passkeys.

Elizabeth Warren · Massachusetts · Democratic

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Similarly, the senators also demanded that FINRA require brokerages to protect customer accounts from hackers with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication technology, such as passkeys.

Warren and Wyden demanded that FINRA require brokerages to use phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication to protect customer accounts.

[2026-08-20] Wyden, Warren Demand FINRA Strengthen Cybersecurity Standards to Prevent ACATS Brokerage Fraud | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
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Ong says FINRA has probably not put a formal rule in place yet due to the evolving nature of technology and the challenge of creating a rule that is “future-proof” and “technology-agnostic.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, reporting indicated no formal FINRA rule had yet been adopted to require the requested brokerage protections.

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FINRA must also require brokers to secure customer accounts with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), specifically a technology called passkeys.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Warren and Wyden explicitly requested the policy in a letter to FINRA, documenting concrete effort but not delivery.

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08.20.2026 Wyden Warren FINRA Letter ACATS Security
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Please provide a response to this letter no later than September 17, 2026, detailing the steps that FINRA intends to take to protect investors.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The senators set a response deadline rather than citing an enacted rule or completed agency action, leaving the commitment unresolved as of the refresh date absent documented implementation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

08.20.2026 Wyden Warren FINRA Letter ACATS Security
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The senators also demanded that FINRA require brokerages to protect customer accounts from hackers with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication technology, such as passkeys.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official Senate Finance release corroborates Warren’s effort to press FINRA for a passkey/phishing-resistant MFA requirement.

unresolved same_term A for effort

[2026-08-20] Wyden, Warren Demand FINRA Strengthen Cybersecurity Standards to Prevent ACATS Brokerage Fraud | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
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This Notice does not create new legal or regulatory requirements or new interpretations of existing requirements, nor does it relieve firms of any existing obligations under federal securities laws and regulations.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): FINRA’s existing ACATS fraud guidance was nonbinding and did not itself deliver a brokerage passkey or phishing-resistant MFA mandate.

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Regulatory Notice 23-06 | FINRA.org
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Public Comments Due Sept. 30, 2026

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A related FINRA fraud-prevention rulemaking was still in notice-and-comment status during the lookback window, not yet an adopted requirement.

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SEC.gov | Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rules 0150 (Application of Rules to Exempted Securities Except Municipal Securities), 2165 (Financial Exploitation of Specified Adults) and 4512 (Customer Account Information) and to Adopt FINRA...
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