Storm-0940 Uses ARTEX Agentic AI in ConnectWise Supply Chain Campaign

# Storm-0940 Uses ARTEX Agentic AI in ConnectWise Supply Chain Campaign

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-in-connectwise-supply-chain · AIR-2026-1460 · live

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2026-10-21
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Microsoft 365, ConnectWise, ARTEX

## Summary

The Storm-0940 threat group utilized ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, leading to credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments. The operation demonstrates nation-state threat actors leveraging AI to scale intrusion activities.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-11-02: Attacks impacted more than 200 organizations across 14 countries using the ARTEX framework (https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-artex-ai-in-automated-attacks-against-200-orgs)
- 2026-10-21: AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise (https://microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/21/storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise)

## Sources

- 2026-10-21 Microsoft Security: AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise https://microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/21/storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise
- 2026-11-02 BleepingComputer: Chinese hackers use ARTEX AI in automated attacks against 200 orgs https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-artex-ai-in-automated-attacks-against-200-orgs

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