ConnectWise

ConnectWise is an IT management software company that provides products and services to help businesses manage their IT infrastructure, including remote monitoring, automation, and security tools.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because its software platform was breached by a Chinese state-aligned hacker group, which used the access to spy on thousands of its customers' cloud environments.

Latest on ConnectWise

• Microsoft Links Storm-0940 to ConnectWise Supply Chain Attack
• Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
• Microsoft says ConnectWise breach let Chinese spies loose on 2,250 cloud tenants
• Microsoft: Chinese State Actor Used AI to Compromise ConnectWise Tenants
• Microsoft says China-aligned hackers used AI agents in ConnectWise attack
• Chinese-linked hackers compromise ConnectWise, target hundreds in global attack, Microsoft says
• Microsoft linked China-linked actor Storm-0940 to the ConnectWise supply chain attack on June 26, 2024.
• Chinese hackers breached IT giant ConnectWise and spied on thousands of companies, Microsoft confirmed.
• Microsoft reported that a China-aligned hacking group used AI agents to breach ConnectWise's Cloud Backup service on October 21.
• Microsoft observed a Chinese state actor compromising multiple ConnectWise customer environments using the ARTEX agentic AI platform.
• The AI designed to secure systems was instead used as the key to compromise them.
• Chinese-linked hackers compromised IT services firm ConnectWise using an AI-driven penetration testing tool, Microsoft reported on Wednesday.

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