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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

David James Kane-Parry, Seattle, WA (US);

Darren Ernest Canavor, Redmond, WA (US);

Jesper Mikael Johansson, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/083 (2013.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for marking or flagging an account as potentially being compromised may be provided. Information about the popularity of passwords associated with a plurality of accounts may be maintained. In an example, an account may be marked as potentially being compromised based at least in part on the information about the popularity of passwords and a password included in a request to change the password associated with the account. A notification indicating that an account has been marked as potentially compromised may be generated.


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