• Session-token theft bypasses multi-factor authentication, exposing organizations that focus security controls on login rather than ongoing sessions.
• Cheap, accessible attack tools enable large-scale theft, with malware harvesting browser tokens and phishing attacks capturing tokens during legitimate logins.
• Detection systems often miss stolen-token reuse; long-lived tokens without device restrictions give attackers an extended window to operate.

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