In May 2026, a large-scale adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) campaign demonstrated a critical reality most organizations are not prepared for: authentication can succeed — and control can still be lost.

This episode breaks down how attackers are no longer focused on stealing credentials alone. Instead, they are intercepting authenticated sessions in real time, capturing tokens, and operating under fully trusted identities — effectively bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) without “breaking” it.

This is not a failure of security controls. This is a failure of control after access is granted.

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What’s Covered

• How AiTM attacks bypass MFA without stealing passwords
• Why session tokens — not credentials — are now the real target
• The ...