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Microsoft attributes the recent ConnectWise security incident to Storm-0940, a China-linked espionage group active since at least 2021. The actor used the open source AI penetration-testing framework ARTEX and compromised ConnectWise application identities to attempt authentication against more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants. Most attem…
Microsoft attributed the recent supply-chain attack on ConnectWise customers' Microsoft 365 environments to Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor active since 2021. Since at least September 2026 the group has used the open-source agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to automate attacks against hundreds of organizations worldwi…
Throughout October 2026, Wiz observed an actor using tooling associated with ARTEX, an open-source autonomous AI penetration-testing framework, against multiple IT and software vendors. The activity targeted identity providers (Okta, Entra ID, AWS Cognito) and Microsoft 365 integrations, with repeated attempts to bypass authentication, en…
Microsoft assesses that the China-aligned actor Storm-0940 used the agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to compromise the Microsoft 365 tenants of ConnectWise, then pivoted to its downstream customers. The campaign began in September 2026 and targeted hundreds of organizations worldwide across aerospace and defense, energy, fin…
Microsoft attributed the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application to Storm-0940, a China state-aligned actor. The actor used ARTEX, a Go-based agentic AI penetration testing framework, to automate reconnaissance, password spraying and OAuth application abuse at "machine speed" against hundreds of organiza…
ConnectWise suspended Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick), SaaS Security and Cloud Management after unknown actors gained unauthorized access to its application identities and used them to sign in to customers' Microsoft 365 tenants. ConnectWise says it identified the incident on October 14, 2026 (thehackernews.com) and began mitigations on O…
