Microsoft: China-aligned hackers used AI agents in supply-chain…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne more thing on that laundromat. Fifty years in business and nobody asked it for a card. Now, to the hackers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's 10:30 Eastern, this is Should You Be Worried? Microsoft says China-aligned hackers used AI agents to try sign-ins at more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCould a robot be knocking on your company's door right now?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe tool is called ARTEX, and Microsoft says it's a set of AI agents running an autonomous penetration test, at up to 2,900 attempts a minute.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChina's embassy calls the allegations smears.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSome attacks reached privileged access in under three hours. That part is real, and worth taking seriously.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut the password run Microsoft describes hit three hundred twenty-seven accounts at eight organizations. More than one hundred fifty-one thousand failed logons.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd how many successes?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNone. Zero. It got ghosted at machine speed.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMicrosoft also says none of this came from a flaw in its own products. Verdict: mildly worried, and change your password.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hundred and fifty-one thousand doors knocked on, and not one of them was even rude about it. Back tomorrow, same time.