Microsoft recently put out a warning to travellers, saying their personal data and information may have been compromised by Russian hackers. Specifically, the Russian threat actors backed by the state have been targeting Wi-Fi networks at hotels and conferences all over the world. Since early May 2026, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed Storm-2945 manipulating DNS and HTTP traffic from networks served by captive portals to redirect user traffic through actor-controlled infrastructure. Tools Of The TradeOne of the tools used by the Russian hackers is a program called CornFlake. If that wasn’t bad enough, Microsoft also says that the hackers have leveraged AI in helping with their endeavours.