Beijing, Oct. 26 -- A China-aligned hacking group used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to accelerate cyberattacks against hundreds of organisations worldwide, including an incident involving US technology company ConnectWise, according to a report by The Epoch Times (TET).

Citing findings published by Microsoft on October 21, the report said the hacking group Storm-0940, which Microsoft has tracked since 2021, compromised credentials associated with ConnectWise's Cloud Backup application. The stolen credentials potentially enabled attackers to exploit access already authorised by customers using Microsoft's cloud services.

The group reportedly used ARTEX, a Chinese-developed AI security-testing tool, to automate scanning, password ...