Attackers Abuse Stolen ConnectWise Application Credentials to Target Microsoft 365

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News19 Oct 2026, 11:32 CET

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Attackers stole ConnectWise application credentials to access Microsoft 365 tenants, prompting the company to suspend cloud services. ConnectWise suspended its Cloud Backup service and took both SaaS Security and Cloud Management offline over the weekend after discovering that unknown attackers had obtained unauthorized access to seven of its application identities.

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