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

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, originate…
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