{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0009",
 "slug": "microsoft-blocks-millions-of-bot-signups-amid-ai-fraud-surge",
 "title": "Microsoft Blocks Millions of Bot Signups Amid AI Fraud Surge",
 "summary": "Microsoft blocked 1.6 million bot signup attempts per hour and disrupted billions in fraud stemming from AI-enhanced scams. Threat actors leveraged generative AI to automate phishing lures, fake e-commerce sites, and customer service bots.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering",
  "ai_assisted_intrusion"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "Microsoft"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Microsoft cloud services"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-04-16",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-04-16",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1037",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Microsoft Reportedly Blocks 1.6 Million Bot Signup Attempts Per Hour Amid Global AI-Driven Fraud Surge",
   "published_at": "2025-04-16"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.92,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "botnet",
  "fraud",
  "generative-ai-abuse"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}