Chinese-Linked Hackers Exploit AI in Widespread ConnectWise Cyberattack, Targeting Global Firms

10/22/2026

Campaign targeted hundreds of organizations worldwide; company warns restoring services does not eliminate potential access inside customer systems

10/22/2026

Microsoft says a China-aligned hacking group used AI agents to breach ConnectWise’s Cloud Backup service, opening a route into customers’ Microsoft 365 accounts.Microsoft Threat Intelligence...

10/22/2026

Microsoft says a group of hackers with ties to China deployed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to breach ConnectWise as part of a global operation targeting hundreds of organizations....

10/22/2026

A China state-aligned hacking group used an AI-driven penetration testing tool to breach ConnectWise and target hundreds of organisations globally, Microsoft said, warning of persistent cloud access.

10/22/2026

State-aligned attackers said to have carried out ConnectWise hack as part of broader campaign using ARTEX AI-based penetration-testing tool

10/22/2026

Microsoft has exposed a China-linked hacking group, Storm-0940, using AI-powered tools to launch automated attacks on thousands of corporate cloud environments.

10/22/2026

Microsoft said the incident demonstrated how threat actors were using AI agents to automate existing attack methods and attempt to compromise multiple organisations at greater speed

10/22/2026

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. During the incident,...

10/22/2026

AI agents did the dirty work, with hackers gaining privileged access in some environments in under three hours

10/21/2026

Microsoft said the hacking group used an AI-driven penetration testing tool to compromise IT ​services firm ConnectWise as part of a campaign targeting hundreds ‌of organizations.

10/21/2026

Storm-0940 used the agentic AI penetration testing framework to automate attacks and "reach more than 2,250 tenants at 2,900 sign-in attempts per minute," Microsoft researchers said.