According to CrowdStrike, the China-linked group Vapor Panda used ARTEX, a system coordinating several artificial intelligence agents, to target more than 200 organizations across at least 14 countries. Researchers confirmed post-compromise activity at nine organizations, including government agencies, telecommunications operators, and pharmaceutical, financial, nuclear and semiconductor companies. ARTEX automates network reconnaissance, vulnerability hunting and certain actions, while a human operator remains responsible for guiding operations and making important decisions. The report does not link this cyberespionage campaign to a cryptocurrency platform hack, but the techniques observed could affect companies that custody or transfer digital assets.
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