# AI agents scale and speed up Chinese-linked attacks

> Source: <https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/03/ai-powered-cyberattacks-artex-cyberstrikeai/>
> Published: 2026-11-03 12:31:59+00:00

A China-nexus espionage group used AI agents to attack more than 200 organizations in 11 days, CrowdStrike said last week. On Monday, Kaspersky published details of a separate campaign against educational institutions in Africa and Latin America, mounted by Chinese-speaking operators. Though the campaigns don’t appear to be connected, they are executed the same way: a human picks the targets and sets the goals, and a large language model (LLM) decides which commands to run … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/03/ai-powered-cyberattacks-artex-cyberstrikeai/) 

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