If you are a recipient of the RSA or you benefit from the activity bonus, you will have to complete an additional process to be able to connect to your account from December 10. If you are unable to access it, you will no longer be able to update your income and therefore receive this aid. Here’s everything you need to know about this new feature.
Double authentication becomes mandatory
Faced with the increasingly present risks of hacking online, the Caisse d’Allocations Familiales (CAF) will implement double authentication. As the organization explains on its site:
It’s a two-step verification. Already present on the Health Insurance website or those of many banks, double authentication provides additional protection for your account.
Concretely, beneficiaries will therefore have to enter a 6-digit code which will be sent to them by email in addition to their usual password. To avoid abuse, the latter will only be valid for a limited period of time.
The CAF offers an even faster procedure for those who wish it:
If you are used to using the CAF – My Account mobile application (available on Android and iOS) to carry out your procedures, you can activate facial or digital recognition on your phone to avoid the code step. Biometrics allows the identification of a person using data specific and unique to each individual, it replaces the verification code.
Adopt good reflexes
Finally, the organization suggests that its beneficiaries adopt healthy habits to avoid fraud. In particular, you should change your password regularly and not use the same ones on several services. In addition, never give your credentials to a suspicious person and never click on links in emails or text messages.
Finally, be wary of messages that are too alarmist or which, on the contrary, promise you an attractive reward. It is in fact a means favored by cybercriminals to deceive your vigilance.
As a reminder, last February, following a data leak on the dark web, thousands of beneficiary accounts were visited. From then on, CAF forced users to change their password if they wanted to log in again. She also offered tutorials for people who would have difficulty carrying out this process. To find out more, do not hesitate to reread our previous article here.
What to remember:
- Users will need to pass double authentication to connect to their CAF account from December 10
- The organization wants to strengthen user protection
- He takes the opportunity to provide common sense advice to beneficiaries
