Methods for identifying compromised credentials and controlling account access
US10558797B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1441
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method includes at an authentication platform that is implemented via one or more computing servers: identifying compromised credential data, wherein compromised credential data comprise compromised credentials for one or more compromised accounts that have been exposed to a malicious actor via an illegitimate method, the compromised credentials including credentials that are useable for authentication to or for accessing the one or more compromised accounts; testing the compromised credentials, wherein testing compromised credentials includes using the compromised credentials to determine a useablility of the compromised credentials to attack one or more different accounts from the one or more compromised accounts; and modifying account access associated with one or more of (i) the one or more compromised accounts and (ii) the one or more different accounts.
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