# Inside the inbox: Why cybercriminals want to break into your email account

DevFeed: [Inside the inbox: Why cybercriminals want to break into your email account](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-the-inbox-why-cybercriminals-want-to-break-into-your-email-account-8354.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybersecurity/inside-inbox-cybercriminals-want-break-email-account/>)

Author: Phil Muncaster

Published: 2026-06-29T08:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [digital-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-security.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why email inboxes are high-value targets for cybercriminals. Access can enable password resets, interception of one-time passcodes, persistent forwarding rules, misuse of connected sessions and apps, phishing, identity fraud, blackmail, and access to corporate systems and customer data.

## Source excerpt

Your inbox is an identity system all of its own: whoever owns it may own a lot more