AI 资讯 · TechCrunch · AI · 2026/10/23 00:47
ConnectWise 遭中国黑客利用 AI 框架入侵，近 2250 家企业数据面临泄露风险
Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
Microsoft 研究人员发现，与中国国家背景相关的黑客入侵了 IT 管理巨头 ConnectWise 的云备份服务，窃取用于建立数据链接的应用凭证。攻击者利用开源 AI 框架 ARTEX 驱动 AI agent，以每分钟近 3000 次尝试登录的速度，在数小时内渗透了约 2250 家客户组织。ConnectWise 已暂停云备份系统访问权限并展开调查，目前正努力恢复服务。
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9:47 AM PDT · October 22, 2026
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The bad week for cybersecurity just got worse for thousands more companies, who were spied on by Chinese hackers following the breach of IT management and remote access giant ConnectWise.
Security researchers at Microsoft say the China state-aligned hackers broke into ConnectWise’s cloud backup service and stole application credentials that are used to establish data links between ConnectWise and its corporate customers, who rely on the cloud service to back up their company’s data.
By stealing the credentials, the hackers could log in to the customer’s Microsoft-hosted environment as if they were an authorized user and access their emails and other files.
According to Microsoft, the hackers used AI agents to rapidly hack into around 2,250 organizations at a rate of almost 3,000 attempted sign-ins per minute. Microsoft said this speed gives defenders “little time to detect and respond.”
The speed of the mass-hacks was attributed to the use of AI agents, specifically ARTEX, an open source AI framework that works with AI models to stress-test cyber defenses. The same AI software was used in a recent compromise of South Korea’s financial systems, many of which had weak security and lacked multi-factor authentication.
ConnectWise said it’s paused access to its cloud backup system and is investigating the breach. As of Thursday, the company said it was working on restoring the service.