ChinaLinked Hackers Use ARTEX AI Agents in ConnectWise Supply Chain Attack

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China statealigned actor dubbed Storm0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application During the incident Storm0940 used ARTEX a Gobased agentic AI penetration testing framework that was made closedsource in the wake of its abuse in cyber attacks targeting South Korean financial institutions to speed