Notes on Handling a Lost Amazon Web Services Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Device
This is a record of how to handle a lost AWS MFA device. I enable multi-factor authentication on my AWS accounts, which means that when I log in, I have to enter my password plus a verification code from my phone. But I once accidentally deleted the authenticator app, which locked me out of AWS. Oddly, most online services that offer two-step verification let you receive the code by text message, but AWS only offers codes generated by a phone app! After reading a few articles, I finally got out of this jam. ...