Suspicious Google Cloud Service Account Disabled or Deleted (via gcp.audit)
This rule detects when a service account is disabled or deleted in Google Cloud.
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suspicious-google-cloud-service-account-disabled-or-deleted-via-gcp-audit
title: Suspicious Google Cloud Service Account Disabled or Deleted (via gcp.audit)
id: a438f3e8-e736-530f-80e7-49f29be2177e
status: stable
description: This rule detects when a service account is disabled or deleted in Google Cloud.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1531/
- https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.serviceAccounts
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-29
tags:
- attack.impact
- attack.t1531
logsource:
product: gcp
service: gcp.audit
detection:
selection:
gcp.audit.method_name|endswith:
- .serviceAccounts.disable
- .serviceAccounts.delete
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.