Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

By Zack Whittaker · TechCrunch · Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 16:47 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.

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