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Checked fact 266724 Oct 2026Safety and security

ConnectWise's status page says that on Oct 16, 2026 it was investigating attempts of unauthorized access associated with its Cloud Backup environment (formerly SkyKick), and on Oct 17 that it had identified unauthorized access to application identities.

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October 16, 2026 5:48PM UTC INVESTIGATING ConnectWise is investigating recent attempts of unauthorized access associated with the ConnectWise Cloud Backup environment. ... October 17, 2026 5:11AM UTC IDENTIFIED We recently identified unauthorized access to application identities within the ConnectWise Cloud Backup environment.

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ConnectWise Cloud Backup incident
ConnectWise status page · 2026-10-23

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Microsoft says Storm-0940 used the ARTEX agent framework in the ConnectWise compromise; it names no AI model 24 Oct 2026

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