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#5 The Hacker News general October 30, 2026 at 16:58 UTC

Chinese Hackers Use AI-Powered ARTEX to Target Over 200 Organizations Worldwide

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CrowdStrike attributed an ongoing campaign targeting 200+ organizations across 14 countries to Vapor Panda, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor, which used an AI-powered Go-based penetration testing framework called ARTEX to compromise 140 sensitive targets in just 11 days. The use of agentic AI to automate intrusion operations at this scale and speed represents a significant escalation in nation-state offensive capabilities. The campaign is still active, making it an immediate threat to government, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors.

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