email hacking
Unauthorized account access
Email hacking is unauthorized access to someone's email account or correspondence.
The term covers everything from guessing passwords to sophisticated phishing attacks to exploiting security vulnerabilities.
She suspected email hacking when friends received messages she hadn't sent.
The phrase also describes the broader practice of intercepting or tampering with email systems.
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- spear phishingPersonalized digital deception attack
- click baitSensationalized content for traffic
- passwordAuthentication string
- password resetRestoring account access credentials
security question · data breach · breach · spam · malware · keylogger · spoof · man in the middle · inbox · credentials · account takeover · firewall · encrypt · scam · virus · attachment · exploit · compromise
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, virus, ransomware, data breach
- privacy violationsinvasion of privacy, data breach, privacy invasion, privacy breach, eavesdropping
email hackingemail security
Safeguarding electronic correspondence
cybersecurity · encryption · two-factor authentication · spam filtering · intrusion detection
email hackingsecure communication
Protected information transfer
encrypted messaging · private correspondence · end-to-end encryption · privacy protection
email, hacking, e-mail, mail, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailbox