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Microsoft sues 'foreign-based' cyber-crooks, seizes sites used to abuse AI

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-01-13

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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Microsoft filed a U.S. federal lawsuit against an unnamed foreign-based threat group accused of stealing Azure OpenAI customer API keys, circumventing generative AI safety guardrails, and operating a hacking-as-a-service scheme; court orders enabled domain seizures to disrupt the operation and collect evidence, while Microsoft cited violations of CFAA, DMCA, and RICO and said it strengthened safety mitigations without disclosing specifics.

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