A form of identity theft focused on gaining access to an individual’s account on an online system. This could be because the account has value (either financial or for the personal data that it contains) or because the account allows access to the larger network. Attack vectors include credential surfing, replay attacks and phishing.

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See also: AUTHENTICATION, PASSWORD

Gao, M., 2022. Account takeover detection on e-commerce platforms. In: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 1967. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMARTCOMP55677.2022.00052.

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