VAPOR PANDA Using AI Pen Testing Platform to Enhance Hacking Speed

My buddies at CrowdStrike have uncovered a campaign launched by threat actor VAPOR PANDA starting on October 17, 2026, where ARTEX (an AI-powered penetration testing tool developed in China) is used with the Chinese-developed DeepSeek LLM to attack “more than 200 distinct organizations worldwide, including foreign ministries in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; semiconductor, defense, and think tank organizations in the U.S.; and telecommunications providers in multiple regions.”…
By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider