Glossary term
Account Takeover (ATO)
A type of fraud where an unauthorized user gains access to a merchant's or customer's payment account.
Definition
A type of fraud where an unauthorized user gains access to a merchant's or customer's payment account.
Case context
In this archive, account takeover (ato) is used only when it helps describe what happened in a Stripe case record. Use the related cases and problem pages for concrete examples.