account hacking
Unauthorized profile access
Account hacking is gaining unauthorized access to someone's online account—email, social media, banking, or other services.
The methods range from guessing weak passwords to sophisticated phishing schemes.
My Instagram got hacked last week.
The term covers both criminal intrusion and the broader sense of any unwanted access: She accused her ex of hacking her Netflix account.
- passwordAuthentication string
- credential stuffingAutomated stolen login testing
- brute force attackSystematic password guessing
- breachBreaking of agreement
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
phishing · social engineering · stolen · credentials · unauthorized · identity theft · cybercrime · identity · theft · malware · keylogger · brute-force · compromise · infiltrate · takeover · login · suspicious activity · security
- cyber conflictstrolling, cyberbullying, flame war, online harassment, doxing
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, virus, ransomware, data breach
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud
- Online Scandalscancel culture, doxxing, cyberbullying, online harassment, viral outrage
- privacy violationsinvasion of privacy, data breach, privacy invasion, privacy breach, eavesdropping
- cyberscamsphishing, scam emails, online scams, scams, email spoofing
account hackinguser authentication
Verifying someone's digital identity
two-factor authentication · biometric login · logging in · single sign-on · biometric authentication
account hackingaccount security
Safeguards for user profiles
cybersecurity · access control · account recovery · identity protection · fraud prevention
account, accounts, accounted, accounting, accountant, accountants, accountable, accountability, unaccountable