AMITT/counters/C00043.md
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Detect hijacked accounts and reallocate them

  • Type: Counter TTP

  • Name: Detect hijacked accounts and reallocate them

  • Id: C00043

  • Summary: nan

  • Playbooks: In all playbooks the platform must force user verification, credential reset and enable MFA. Suspend the account if it cannot be verified. Playbook 1: Use sites like https://haveibeenpwned.com to detect compromised and at risk user accounts. Playbook 2: Monitor for unusual account usage (use of VPN, new geographic location, unusual usage hours, etc).
    Playbook 3: Detect sudden deviation in user sentiment such as suddenly dropping hashtags linked to extremist content. Playbook 4: Purchase "likes", "retweets" and other vehicles which identify a bot and/or hijacked account. Ban the account. Playbook 5: Detect hijacked account and spam their posts. "OP is a known disinformation bot. http://link.to.proof[.]com"

  • Metatechnique: cleaning

  • Resources needed: platform_admin,activists,civil_society,money

  • Belongs to tactic stage: TA03

Counters these Tactics
Counters these Techniques
C00043 Hijack legitimate account
Seen in incidents

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