Blog Security How Fraudsters Execute Account Opening Abuse David Sénécal works for Akamai as a Director of Engineering — Fraud and Abuse and is the author of The Reign of Botnets . He is passionate about improving internet safety and is an expert in online fraud and bot detection . He has over 25 years of experience working with web performance, security, and enterprise networking technologies across various roles, including support, integration, consulting, development, product management, architecture, and research. Popular websites are often targeted by threat actors who open fake accounts in large numbers. This is known as “account opening abuse.” \r\n In our previously published blog post, we discuss what account opening abuse is, how it manifests differently across industries, and how these accounts are re-used within broader fraud schemes. This blog post, part two of this three-part blog series, will explore how fraudsters execute account opening abuse and attacks.…