Michael Boukadakis, CEO of ENACOMM, sent us sobering data on account takeovers (ATOs). "ATOs—identity theft where a criminal gains unauthorized access to an online account belonging to somebody else—spiked by almost 282 percent from Q2 2019 to Q2 2020 and increased by almost 300% during the pandemic, according to the Sift Digital Trust and Safety Index," he wrote.
Boukadakis also mentioned that thePayments Risk & Fraud Consortium, of which ENACOMM is a founding member, just released a whitepaper, 3 Tips to Avoid Account Takeover: Modern Detection & Prevention, which identifies pre-fraud indicators and measurements that are essential in reducing account takeover fraud.
Following is a brief summary he provided of those tips:
The whitepaper is available at www.fraudconsortium.org/3-tips-to-avoid-account-takeover.
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