Account Takeover

Alternative Forms

• Account Hijacking

• Identity Hijacking

• Identity Takeover

• Identity Usurpation

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One type of identity theft that consists for a perpetrator to take control of an existing identity of another entity without authorization. A common motivation for account takeover is to earn money by perpetrating fraud.

Conceptual Diagram

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Examples

• Eve found that Alice’s dog was named Bob. To takeover her social network account, Eve tried to login as Alice using “BOB” as a password. But because Alice was using MFA, Eve’s nefarious plan failed miserably, even though “BOB” was the right password.

Related Terms

• Account

• Credential Theft

• Identity Theft

• SIM Jacking

• True Name Identity Theft

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