> I think we can all agree there's a difference between having access to the laptop and access to the account without the laptop. There is a difference, but th

> I think we can all agree there's a difference between having access to the laptop and access to the account without the laptop. There is a difference, but that difference is not the one you seem to be implying. An account can be compromised even it it hasn't been fully and permanently taken over. The temporariness of an account being compromised does not mean the account was not compromised. You can make a distinction and clarify that the account was compromised but that the account credentials were not. However if you extend that to saying that the account was not compromised when attackers did have temporary access, then you are simply lying.