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Chinese Hackers Use AI-Powered ARTEX to Target Over 200 Organizations Worldwide

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Published by the source: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:28:44 +0530

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Chinese state-sponsored threat actors have been observed using a Go-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered penetration testing framework called ARTEX in attacks aimed at high-value targets simultaneously. The activity has been attributed by CrowdStrike to a China-based "targeted intrusion adversary" it tracks under the moniker Vapor Panda (previously VexatiousTemper). First identified in

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