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Unmasking Ghost Accounts: How Forgotten Digital Identities Become Cybersecurity Nightmares

Author
Quiet. Please
Published
Sat 03 May 2025
Episode Link
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/unmasking-ghost-accounts-how-forgotten-digital-identities-become-cybersecurity-nightmares--65878120

Dive into the dangerous realm of ghost accounts with Finn Hack in Episode 7: "Digital Phantoms." Discover how forgotten user credentials become perfect access points for cybercriminals in 2025, including a healthcare breach where hackers exploited a retired doctor's account for weeks. Learn about the chilling Ghost ransomware targeting abandoned administrator accounts and the emerging threat of ghost logins that create persistent backdoors even after password changes. With 65% of companies harboring over 1,000 ghost accounts, this episode delivers essential cybersecurity insights on proper offboarding procedures and authentication audits to protect your organization from these invisible digital threats lurking in your systems.

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