StudioChinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
Microsoft security researchers say China state-aligned hackers breached ConnectWise's cloud backup service and stole application credentials linking ConnectWise to its corporate customers, letting them log into customers' Microsoft-hosted environments to access emails and files. Using the open source AI framework ARTEX, the hackers hit around 2,250 organizations at nearly 3,000 attempted sign-ins per minute. ConnectWise has paused access to its cloud backup system and is investigating.
The report pairs Microsoft's attribution with concrete scale data, offering a window into how fast AI agents operate in real intrusions.
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