Chinese hackers used AI agents to breach about 2,250 ConnectWise customers
AIMicrosoft says China state-aligned hackers stole application credentials from ConnectWise's cloud backup service and used them to access customers' Microsoft-hosted environments. Microsoft attributes the rapid breach of around 2,250 organizations, at nearly 3,000 sign-in attempts per minute, to AI agents using ARTEX, an open-source framework.
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The report links a China state-aligned hack to AI agents that compressed the attack timeline, showing how a supplier breach can reach thousands of downstream customers.
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Original title: Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise