Microsoft shuts down AI-assisted platform that hacked 12,000 accounts

Microsoft has taken action to disrupt an online platform called EvilTokens that used AI-assisted tools to help criminals break into user accounts on a large scale. The company said the service compromised roughly 12,000 accounts by giving attackers an all-in-one system to automate and speed up the process of stealing login credentials and access tokens.

Microsoft described EvilTokens as a turnkey operation that simplified what used to be a more technical hacking process, making it accessible to a wider range of bad actors. The company's security team worked to identify and shut down the infrastructure behind the platform as part of its broader efforts to combat cybercrime networks that exploit AI to scale attacks.