Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using cloned accounts to track attacks on user accounts
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Application No.: US16104563Application Date: 2018-08-17
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Publication No.: US10893072B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Raoul Christopher Johnson , Ran Sun
- Applicant: PAYPAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haynes and Boone LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
Methods and systems for using cloned accounts to track attacks on user accounts are described. A user login attempt is detected for a user account from a client computing device. A determination is made that the user is not a legitimate user. The user is routed to a cloned user account. An analysis of the interaction between the user and the cloned user account is performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200059489A1 USING CLONED ACCOUNTS TO TRACK ATTACKS ON USER ACCOUNTS Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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