bleeping-computer · Crawled Aug 17, 2026

Hacker claims 3.6 million Azure account records stolen from major companies

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A threat actor using the alias 'TheHatman' is selling alleged employee databases stolen from the Microsoft Azure environments of multiple Fortune 500 companies, including McDonald's, Gap Inc., Vodafone, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, InterContinental Hotels, Wyndham Hotels, Hexaware, and Kyndryl. The actor claims to have obtained the data using compromised credentials, potentially via password spray and MFA fatigue attacks. The datasets reportedly include employee names, email addresses, job titles, phone numbers, addresses, service accounts, and tenant-specific Azure structures. While some companies like Tata and Gap have stated there is no evidence of a breach and that the data may be outdated, cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock has analyzed samples and confirmed the data contains authentic corporate directory attributes and could be used for social engineering or spearphishing.

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