RedmondHackers gained privileged cloud access in under three hours, Microsoft says.

Chinese government-aligned group Storm-0940 hit ConnectWise and is targeting hundreds more organisations.

The open-source ARTEX tool coordinates AI agents that run a penetration test from reconnaissance through data theft with little human involvement.

China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning denied any knowledge of the incidents.

ARTEX’s developer is closing its source code, so the public tool gets no further versions.

How each outlet framed it
The Record
emphasises AI-accelerated intrusion, with privileged access in under three hours, via an AI pentesting framework called ARTEX

Sources: The Record