The A.I. Daily
CrowdStrike: Chinese Hackers Used AI Tool ARTEX Against 200+ Groups
CrowdStrike attributed attacks starting October 17, 2026 to Vapor Panda, saying the group used ARTEX, a Go-based AI pentesting framework, against more than 200 organizations, including foreign ministries, 19 U.S. firms and telecom providers; post-exploitation was confirmed at nine, with BLOODALCHEMY deployed. CrowdStrike says agentic tooling lets a small team scale targets faster.