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Privileged Account Abuse Scenario

Learn about the Privilege Abuse Privileged Account Abuse scenario.

The Privileged Account Abuse scenario describes when an attacker uses a privileged account's credentials to authorize access to high-value resources like sensitive databases, user-rights management systems, or authentication systems.

In the Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR) Use Case Categories hierarchy, the Privileged Account Abuse scenario falls under the Privilege Abuse use case.