Microsoft Warns of Payroll Pirates Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries

Posted on October 10, 2025 • 1 min read • 59 words
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A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service

Microsoft Warns of Payroll Pirates Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries

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A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. “Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service (SaaS) platforms like Workday,” the

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