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Microsoft pins ConnectWise supply-chain attack to China-state aligned threat group
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Fusion42 · 22 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Microsoft attributes a supply-chain attack on ConnectWise customers' Microsoft 365 environments to the China-state aligned group Storm-0940, which used the agentic AI penetration framework ARTEX to automate high-velocity password-spray and reconnaissance attacks across multiple sectors globally.
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Your security services now face AI-automated, China-backed attacks targeting Microsoft 365 integrations. Cut dependencies on vulnerable third-party apps like ConnectWise to avoid an entry point that attackers exploit to escalate privileges.
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