Account takeover
We've curated 10 cybersecurity statistics about Account takeover to help you understand how cybercriminals exploit credentials and impersonate users to gain unauthorized access in 2025. Discover the tactics, impacts, and preventive measures in our findings!
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The top third-party fraud schemes included identity theft (28%), account takeover (19%), and card testing (17%).
The volume of digital account takeover increased by 21% from H1 2024 to H1 2025.
Account takeover was reported as the greatest source of fraud loss by 20% of business leaders.
31% of US business leaders cited Account Takeover as the most prominent cause of fraud loss.
Digital account takeover volume saw a 141% uptick between H1 2021 and H1 2025.
44% of organizations are prepared for insider threats or account takeover.
53% of reports of misuse involved account takeover.
There was a 754-percentage-point increase in reports of account takeover involving tech accounts.
There was a 47-percentage-point increase in reports of account takeover involving person-to-person payment apps.
For attempted misuse, thieves tried to open a new account (69%) more often than attempting to take over an existing account (31%).