Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises

Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises Ravie LakshmananSep 22, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Cybercrime Microsoft on Tuesday announced the takedown of the EvilTokens device code phishing service that it said used artificial intelligence (AI) "at every step of the attack chain." The action, carried out with authorization from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involved the efforts of Health-ISAC, alongside Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver Foundation, and TRM Labs. Microsoft is tracking the threat actors behind the development and support of EvilTokens as Storm-2992. In tandem, the Metropolitan Police Service arrested two men, aged 32 and 38, on September 11, 2026, in connection with the illicit commercial operation. The…