What is at risk in the cloud environment when the management console is breached?

When a management console is breached, the entire infrastructure managed by the control plane is at risk. Managing Cloud guidance explains that the management console provides administrative access to cloud resources such as virtual machines, networks, storage, and identity services.

A compromise of this interface allows attackers to create, modify, or delete resources, escalate privileges, access sensitive data, and disrupt operations across the entire cloud environment. Because the management console controls provisioning and configuration, its compromise represents a critical security failure.

The other options represent limited risks, but none match the broad impact of losing control over the management plane. Therefore, the correct answer is the entire infrastructure administered by the control plane.