By Newsmax Wires
Publication Date: 2026-10-25 13:36:00
French headquarters of American multinational technology company Microsoft, is pictured outside on March 6, 2018 in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, a Paris’ suburb. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Microsoft has warned that Chinese state-aligned hackers have unleashed a sophisticated new wave of artificial intelligence-powered cyberattacks targeting hundreds of organizations worldwide.
The attacks are exploiting trusted software providers and gaining privileged access to corporate cloud systems in less than three hours.
In an Oct. 21 report, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a China-linked hacking group known as Storm-0940 as responsible for an aggressive campaign involving ARTEX, an autonomous AI penetration-testing framework capable of conducting complex cyberattacks with minimal human involvement.
Microsoft also attributed the recently disclosed ConnectWise software supply chain compromise to the group, raising concerns about the vulnerability…
