TheHatman Azure Breach: 3.6M Records, 9 Firms Hit [2026]

Cybercriminal 'TheHatman' compromised credentials to access Microsoft Azure and Entra ID environments of nine major companies, extracting 3.6 million employee records. The breach involved no platform vulnerability but exploited stolen credentials to expose sensitive directory data useful for phishing and business email compromise attacks.

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