{"slug": "microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics", "title": "Microsoft Exposes Chinese State Actor's AI-Driven Cloud Breach Tactics", "summary": "Microsoft reported that a Chinese state actor tracked as Storm-0940 attempted to sign in to more than 2,250 cloud tenants at a rate of 2,900 attempts per minute, using an AI-powered tool called ARTEX to automate and accelerate the attacks. Microsoft's disclosure details the actor's tactics, which the company said left defenders scrambling to keep up.", "body_md": "Microsoft uncovered a brazen AI-driven cloud breach by a Chinese state actor, who attempted to sign in to over 2,250 tenants at a staggering 2,900 attempts per minute - leaving defenders scrambling to keep up. The actor, tracked as Storm-0940, used a sophisticated AI-powered tool called ARTEX to automate and accelerate its attacks.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics", "canonical_source": "https://osintsights.com/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actors-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics", "published_at": "2026-10-22 11:20:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-22 12:11:09.747218+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Storm-0940", "ARTEX"], "also_reported_by": [{"url": "https://www.csoonline.com/article/4239028/china-linked-hackers-used-agentic-ai-in-attack-on-2250-microsoft-365-tenants.html", "source": "csoonline.com", "title": "China-linked hackers used agentic AI in attack on 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants", "published_at": "2026-10-22T11:47:38+00:00"}], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-exposes-chinese-state-actor-s-ai-driven-cloud-breach-tactics.jsonld"}}