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title: "Censys finds 800+ publicly exposed copies of ARTEX, a Chinese-made, AI-powered, open-source penetration testing tool linked to several cyberattacks since July (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/censys-finds-800-publicly-exposed-copies-of-artex-a-chinese-made-ai-6afa0213
published: 2026-11-07T07:01:02.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Censys finds 800+ publicly exposed copies of ARTEX, a Chinese-made, AI-powered, open-source penetration testing tool linked to several cyberattacks since July (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-07 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/censys-finds-800-publicly-exposed-copies-of-artex-a-chinese-made-ai-6afa0213

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Censys finds 800+ publicly exposed copies of ARTEX, a Chinese-made, AI-powered, open-source penetration testing tool linked to several cyberattacks since July — Security researchers have discovered hundreds of copies of a Chinese-made AI hacking tool publicly exposed to the internet for anyone to access …

In this story: [AI cybersecurity](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-cybersecurity), [ARTEX](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/artex), [TechCrunch](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/techcrunch)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261107/p5#a261107p5)

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