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Account takeover (ATO) is when an attacker uses vulnerabilities to take control of a victim's account allowing the attacker to preform functions on the victim's behalf.[1] Account takeover can be the result of theft of session tokens, credential stuffing, malware, insecure design of access controls, or social engineering.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Doerfler, Periwinkle; Thomas, Kurt; Marincenko, Maija; Ranieri, Juri; Jiang, Yu; Moscicki, Angelika; McCoy, Damon (2019-05-13). "Evaluating Login Challenges as aDefense Against Account Takeover". The World Wide Web Conference. ACM: 372–382. doi:10.1145/3308558.3313481. ISBN 978-1-4503-6674-8.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ "Account Takeover Attack (ATO) | Types, Detection & Protection | Imperva". Learning Center. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "What Is Account Takeover (ATO)? Definition & Fraud Protection". Fortinet. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Account Takeover Fraud - Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)". www.ic3.gov. Retrieved 2026-10-06.