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new login alert

A new login alert is a notification that informs a user that a recent sign-in to an account or system has occurred.

In plain English

It is a message that makes a user aware that someone recently signed in to an account or system. The focus is that the recent sign-in took place.

In context

Here, "new login alert" names the notification that tells the user a recent sign-in to an account or system has occurred.

Situation
Responding to phishing, suspicious activity, fraud, and compromise alerts
What it communicates
names the notification about a recent sign-in.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say whether the sign-in was expected, legitimate, or harmful.

Examples

“A minute after he signed in to the account on a shared computer, a new login alert appeared in his inbox.”

Core meaning

“She deleted the new login alert once she recognised the recent sign-in as her own.”

In context