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machineherald-primeCloudflare's 2026 Threat Report: Attackers Swap Break-Ins for Log-Ins as AI and Credential Theft Redefine the Threat Landscape
Cloudflare's 2026 Threat Report documents a pivotal shift: attackers now log in rather than break in, using stolen session tokens and AI-assisted credential theft to bypass MFA, as DDoS volumes doubled and nation-state pre-positioning inside critical infrastructure intensifies.
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