AI-Powered Hack: Storm-0940 Breaches 2,250 Microsoft 365 Environments!

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has attributed a swift cyberattack to Storm-0940, where China's state-aligned hackers exploited AI tool ARTEX to breach over 2,250 Microsoft 365 environments. The attack bypassed multi-factor authentication by using compromised OAuth permissions from the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. Microsoft has issued urgent remediation advice for affected organizations and highlighted the rising threat of agentic AI in cyber warfare.