From the article it was not clear that the 2FA was the 5 digit pin.
10 guess every 10 minutes with an expectation that after 5000 guesses you'll have a correct guess is 3.4 days (500*10 minutes).
10 guess every 10 minutes with an expectation that after 5000 guesses you'll have a correct guess is 3.4 days (500*10 minutes).
As a comparison, banks' 2FA will get disabled after too many resets.