Microsoft takes down AI-boosted phishing tool that hit 12,000 accounts
Pro Security Microsoft takes down AI-boosted phishing tool that hit 12,000 accounts News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 September 2026 Two people arrested and dozens of websites seized When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Their digital services and other items have been confiscated, as well.Latest Videos FromTechRadarWatch full video here: Among the partners are Health-ISAC, Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver Foundation, and TRM Labs. We don’t know if these arrests and takedowns will be enough to completely obliterate EvilTokens, or if the platform will continue to operate.
- ▪Pro Security Microsoft takes down AI-boosted phishing tool that hit 12,000 accounts News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 September 2026 Two people arrested and dozens of websites seized When you purchase through links on our site, we may ea
- ▪Their digital services and other items have been confiscated, as well.Latest Videos FromTechRadarWatch full video here: Among the partners are Health-ISAC, Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver Foundation, and TR
- ▪We don’t know if these arrests and takedowns will be enough to completely obliterate EvilTokens, or if the platform will continue to operate.
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Pro Security Microsoft takes down AI-boosted phishing tool that hit 12,000 accounts News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 23 September 2026 Two people arrested and dozens of websites seized When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock / JLStock) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Microsoft, UK police, and partners disrupted EvilTokens PhaaS, arresting two suspects and seizing 200+ domains/sitesEvilTokens used AI to scale device‑code phishing, compromising 12,000 inboxes across 10,000 organizations globallyPlatform ran like a startup with…
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