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The AI element here is operational: a state-aligned group used ARTEX, a security-testing framework, to automate scanning, password spraying, and OAuth abuse. The main lesson for AI readers is that AI-assisted tooling lowers the cost of high-volume attacks, but the breach relied on stolen application credentials and pre-approved permissions, not on any AI capability. Targeting counts (2,250+ tenants) also differ from confirmed access (173 tenants), so the scale of successful compromise is still uncertain.
China-Linked Hackers Use ARTEX AI to Target 2,250 Microsoft 365 Tenants After ConnectWise Breach
China-state-aligned hackers used ARTEX, an AI-powered penetration-testing framework, to attempt access to more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants following the ConnectWise Cloud Backup breach. Microsoft attributed the attack to Storm-0940 and reported 2,900 sign-in attempts per minute, leaving security teams little time to investigate and block access. The attackers abused stolen application credentials and permissions […] The post China-Linked Hackers Use ARTEX AI to Target 2,250 Microsoft 365 Tenants After ConnectWise Breach appeared first on Cyber Security News.
China-state-aligned hackers used ARTEX, an AI-powered penetration-testing framework, to attempt access to more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants following the ConnectWise Cloud Backup breach. Microsoft attributed the attack to Storm-0940 and reported 2,900 sign-in attempts per minute, leaving security teams little time to investigate and block access. The attackers abused stolen application credentials and permissions already approved by customers, rather than requiring users to…
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