Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.
TL;DR
- Chinese hackers breached ConnectWise's cloud backup service.
- Application credentials were stolen, enabling access to customer data.
- Around 2,250 organizations were affected.
- Hackers used AI agents, including ARTEX, to speed up the attacks.
- ConnectWise has paused its cloud backup system and is investigating.