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Sunday 18 October 2026

ConnectWise backup app hijacked to break into Microsoft 365

Hackers used a stolen ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential to sign in to at least 162 Microsoft 365 tenants. ConnectWise shut the service on 17 October.

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Photo: Victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), cropped

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Somebody stole the master key to a backup service that IT firms install in their clients' Microsoft 365 accounts. Then they used it to sign in to at least 162 of those accounts.

Rows of server racks with glowing status lights in a data centre — Photo: Victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), cropped

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