Nigeria arrests RaccoonO365 developer
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Nigeria arrests RaccoonO365 developer
Nigerian authorities, working with Microsoft and U.S. partners, have arrested suspects tied to RaccoonO365 (aka Storm-2246), a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation that stole thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials.
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