--- title: Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's... description: A phishing attack on a US defense supplier resulted in an attacker gaining unauthorized access to the company's Microsoft 365 account, exposing engineering... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account | daily.dev og:description: A phishing attack on a US defense supplier resulted in an attacker gaining unauthorized access to the company's Microsoft 365 account, exposing engineering... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zJoVlNIGe.png og:image:alt: Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A phishing attack on a US defense supplier resulted in an attacker gaining unauthorized access to the company's Microsoft 365 account, exposing engineering files and potentially export-controlled technical data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [New phishing campaign tricks employees into bypassing Microsoft 365 MFA](https://daily.dev/posts/new-phishing-campaign-tricks-employees-into-bypassing-microsoft-365-mfa-2reed6azp) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackers target Microsoft 365 accounts with 81 million login attempts](https://daily.dev/posts/hackers-target-microsoft-365-accounts-with-81-million-login-attempts-tnrut3eab) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BigBear phishing crew nets thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials](https://daily.dev/posts/bigbear-phishing-crew-nets-thousands-of-microsoft-365-credentials-gziqten5j) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackers Target Cybersecurity Firm Outpost24 in 7-Stage Phish](https://daily.dev/posts/hackers-target-cybersecurity-firm-outpost24-in-7-stage-phish-xl7wgp4qt) · Dark Reading · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#phishing](https://daily.dev/tags/phishing), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T11:34:43.991Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T11:35:00.256Z","description":"A phishing attack on a US defense supplier resulted in an attacker gaining unauthorized access to the company's Microsoft 365 account, exposing engineering...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bc67654c328c4f8c5f53327c96a29567?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bc67654c328c4f8c5f53327c96a29567?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/attacker-phished-way-into-us-defense-supplier-s-microsoft-365-account-zjovlnige","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"microsoft,phishing,data-breach","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account"}]} ```