India seventh most targeted by cyberattacks: MS executive Nicholas Butts​on October 23, 2026 at 9:02 pm

Butts cited Storm 3168, also called Jadepuffer, which he described as a China-based ransomware operation using AI agents against customers worldwide. He also pointed to Russian and Chinese state-sponsored actors deploying agents for espionage, including a group Microsoft tracks as Storm 0940. AI was also lowering the barriers for smaller criminal operations, he said.