AML.T0012
Valid Accounts

MITRE source definition

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access. Credentials may take the form of usernames and passwords of individual user accounts or API keys that provide access to various AI resources and services.

Compromised credentials may provide access to additional AI artifacts and allow the adversary to perform [Discover AI Artifacts](/techniques/AML.T0007). Compromised credentials may also grant an adversary increased privileges such as write access to AI artifacts used during development or production.

Source modified 2026-05-27. Reproduced from the pinned ATLAS release; inline technique links resolve to local reference pages.

Parent, sub-techniques and ATT&CK references

• T1078 Valid Accounts — explicit ATLAS ATT&CK reference

Source-backed defensive context

MITRE mitigations

• AML.M0005 Control Access to AI Models and Data at Rest
• AML.M0019 Control Access to AI Models and Data in Production

MITRE case studies

• AML.CS0010 Microsoft Azure Service Disruption · Exercise
• AML.CS0012 Face Identification System Evasion via Physical Countermeasures · Exercise
• AML.CS0018 Arbitrary Code Execution with Google Colab · Exercise
• AML.CS0030 LLM Jacking · Incident
• AML.CS0035 Data Exfiltration from Slack AI via Indirect Prompt Injection · Exercise
• AML.CS0036 AIKatz: Attacking LLM Desktop Applications · Exercise
• AML.CS0044 LAMEHUG: Malware Leveraging Dynamic AI-Generated Commands · Incident
• AML.CS0050 OpenClaw 1-Click Remote Code Execution · Exercise
• AML.CS0057 Storm-2139 Azure OpenAI Guardrail Bypass · Incident
• AML.CS0068 Autonomous OpenAI Evaluation Agents Compromise Hugging Face Infrastructure · Incident
• AML.CS0069 GTG-1002 Claude Code Espionage Campaign · Incident
• AML.CS0071 Multi-Agent Framework Compromises Taiwanese Government Systems · Incident

These are explicit source relationships, not independently reproduced incidents or validated detection coverage.

Simulation and telemetry boundary

This is a technique reference page, not a runnable simulation. No ATLAS-specific telemetry mapping, local attack execution or detector validation is asserted. MITRE maturity describes its source evidence, not a 1200km lab result.

For broader context—not technique-specific control mappings—see AI Security, AI Security Course, and detection-validation methodology.

Provenance and attribution

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