Chinese-linked hackers compromise ConnectWise, target hundreds in global attack, Microsoft says

A Chinese state-aligned hacking ?group used an AI-driven penetration testing ?tool to ?compromise IT services firm ConnectWise as part of a campaign that targeted hundreds of organizations globally, Microsoft said on ?Wednesday. Based on Microsoft’s analysis and evidence available to ConnectWise, “it appears that a China state-aligned group was responsible for the attack on ConnectWise Cloud Backup,” ConnectWise CEO Manny Rivelo said in a ?separatestatement. Rivelo said ConnectWise “contained the affected application connections and are restoring services in controlled phases,” and ?that “those actions do not remove unauthorized access that may have already been established within individual customer tenants, which…