username
noun
us·er·name
ˈyü-zər-ˌnām 
variants
or less commonly user name
plural usernames also user names
: a sequence of characters that identifies a user (such as on a computer system, website, or social media platform)
Never reuse a username and password combination. While doing so is convenient, if that combination is ever stolen from one service you use … it will expose every service you have that uses it.—
Rachel Cericola
Rachel CericolaThese e-mail addresses generally look like this: "username@location.xxx".—Walter S. Mossberg
Walter S. Mossbergcalled also user ID
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Advertisement There were no usernames, passwords, Social Security numbers, financial account information, or credit card numbers shared with those platforms, the company said.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Use multi-factor authentication Most major websites now support multi-factor or two-step authentication, which requires not only a username and password but additional assurances that a user is the rightful account holder.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Instead, the company said, login credentials used in the hacks were likely stolen from another source for which the affected users may have used the same username and password.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
But Chen says the company does not track personal data or link usernames to the emails.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
The perpetrators of com's and 764's abuse have for years operated behind the masks of usernames and profile pictures.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Previously, One users needed a username and password and a verification code sent by text message.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2024
The Post and its partners also found several video recordings on Telegram of victims being abused on Discord, including the Oklahoma girl and others who had carved usernames and group names into their bodies.
—Chris Dehghanpoor, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
To gain access, the hackers relied on a crude technique, known as password spraying, of repeatedly trying username and password combinations in order to break into an account that had significant administrative authority.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Use multi-factor authentication Most major websites now support multi-factor or two-step authentication, which requires not only a username and password but additional assurances that a user is the rightful account holder.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Instead, the company said, login credentials used in the hacks were likely stolen from another source for which the affected users may have used the same username and password.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
But Chen says the company does not track personal data or link usernames to the emails.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
The perpetrators of com's and 764's abuse have for years operated behind the masks of usernames and profile pictures.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Previously, One users needed a username and password and a verification code sent by text message.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2024
The Post and its partners also found several video recordings on Telegram of victims being abused on Discord, including the Oklahoma girl and others who had carved usernames and group names into their bodies.
—Chris Dehghanpoor, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
To gain access, the hackers relied on a crude technique, known as password spraying, of repeatedly trying username and password combinations in order to break into an account that had significant administrative authority.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
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