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Azure CLI Password Spray Hits at Least 78 Microsoft Accounts in 81M+ Attempts

·Source: The Hacker News

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Executive Summary

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "massive, ongoing, automated password spray attack" aimed at Microsoft's Azure command-line interface (CLI), compromising dozens of accounts in the process. The activity, per Huntress, originates from an IPv6 address range (2a0a:d683::/32) controlled by internet infrastructure provider LSHIY LLC (AS32167). "Between June 12 and June 26, the threat

Analysis

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "massive, ongoing, automated password spray attack" aimed at Microsoft's Azure command-line interface (CLI), compromising dozens of accounts in the process. The activity, per Huntress, originates from an IPv6 address range (2a0a:d683::/32) controlled by internet infrastructure provider LSHIY LLC (AS32167). "Between June 12 and June 26, the threat
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Jul 1, 2026.

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