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Microsoft Warns of Azure Identity Hijacking in Destructive Cloud Attacks

In just 18 hours, a concentrated cloud assault on an Azure tenant combined lightning-fast reconnaissance, credential harvesting, and resource destruction - a stark warning of the devastating potential of Azure identity hijacking. Microsoft researchers uncovered the attack, linked to a notorious group known as Storm-3168, which used compromised service principals to wreak havoc.

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