A suspected Chinese-state aligned threat actor has leveraged an agentic AI framework to execute a supply chain compromise against ConnectWise Cloud Backup, automating attacks across hundreds of global organizations. Active since at least 2021 and historically reliant on botnet infrastructure for evasive password spraying, the group was seen using ARTEX, a Go-based, multi-agent LLM penetration testing system, to conduct offensive operations at machine speed. By deploying AI agents configured to
