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AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise

Storm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments. The post AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .

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AI involvement
AI used by attackers (confirmed by source)
Sources
2 independent sources

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AI involvement

Confirmed by the linked source

AI used by attackers

The source describes people using AI to carry out or assist harmful activity. Disclosed by Microsoft Security blog, the organization that runs or studies the system.

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Sources

  1. Primary source

    Microsoft Security blog: AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise (opens a new tab)

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  3. Reporting

    AI Incident Database incident 1781 (opens a new tab)

    The database entry that groups the reports of this incident.

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 21). AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise. https://kevwire.com/record/microsoft-security-storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise-f111d392dd54

MLA

"AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise." KEVWire, 21 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/microsoft-security-storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise-f111d392dd54.

Chicago

KEVWire. "AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise." Last modified October 21, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/microsoft-security-storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise-f111d392dd54.

Evidence summary (plain text)

AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise (Oct 21, 2026).
Storm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments.

 The post AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .
AI classification: offense; evidence: confirmed. The source describes people using AI to carry out or assist harmful activity. Disclosed by Microsoft Security blog, the organization that runs or studies the system.
Sources:
Microsoft Security blog: AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/10/21/storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise/
Microsoft Security blog syndication feed: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/feed/
AI Incident Database incident 1781: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1781/
AI Incident Database syndication feed: https://incidentdatabase.ai/rss.xml
Record ID: microsoft-security-storm-0940-uses-artex-agentic-ai-connectwise-supply-chain-compromise-f111d392dd54.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Confirmed by the linked source.
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