{"data":{"id":"4e43e315-7ee1-4682-bbc6-8f506d0f1510","title":"Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise","summary":"Microsoft says a China state-aligned hacker breached ConnectWise's cloud backup service and stole application credentials that link ConnectWise to its corporate customers. The hacker used these credentials to log in to customers' Microsoft-hosted environments and access emails and files. Microsoft reports around 2,250 organizations were hit at almost 3,000 attempted sign-ins per minute, using ARTEX, an open source AI framework.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security","industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/chinese-hackers-spied-on-thousands-of-companies-after-breaching-it-giant-connectwise/","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T16:47:17.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"medium","attackType":["supply_chain","other"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":["Microsoft"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["ConnectWise","ARTEX"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-10-22T16:47:17.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"advanced","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity","availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.8,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":["AML.T0010"]}}