Teams are dealing with a truly dangerous problem — automation that works, but that no one understands.
June 30, 2026
A security analyst at a large enterprise recently found sensitive HR documents being copied into a Microsoft Teams channel that hundreds of employees could access. It was not caused by a malicious insider, a compromised admin account, or a sophisticated attacker. It was caused by a Power Automate workflow.
The workflow had been created by a developer who wanted to automate document approvals between SharePoint and Teams. To move faster, the developer used an AI assistant to generate the automation logic. Functionally, the workflow worked. Documents moved from one location to another. Notifications were sent. The approval process became faster.
The problem was that nobody had reviewed the permissions, data flow, or security impact behind the automation. This is the risk many enterprises are walking into.
