Detect and Disrupt AI-Themed Attacks With Microsoft Defender
Microsoft, Thursday, September 10th, 2026
Campaigns impersonating ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek and Claude drove a phishing kit sending 100,000 emails daily.
Microsoft analyzes attacker campaigns impersonating popular AI platforms including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek and Claude. One ChatGPT-themed phishing kit targeted credit card data at up to 100,000 emails per day.
The post explains how Defender's layered controls, including anti-phishing policies, Safe Links and automatic attack disruption, break these multi-stage chains, citing roughly 81,000 account compromises prevented monthly.
The broader lesson is that AI brand impersonation now rivals traditional finance and shipping lures, and awareness training should reflect that.