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ConnectWise says nation-state attack targeted multiple ScreenConnect customers

In Cyberattack, Data Breach News, News
May 30, 2025
ConnectWise says nation-state attack targeted multiple ScreenConnect customers
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‘ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity within our environment that we believe was tied to a sophisticated nation state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect customers‘ ConnectWise statement

The Record reports:

IT management software company ConnectWise said it is investigating a nation-state attack on its systems that impacted some of its customers. 

The company declined to provide details about the incident but told Recorded Future News that it “recently learned of suspicious activity” within its environment that it believes “was tied to a sophisticated nation state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect customers.”

… Both China and Russia have been seen exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerabilities in the last two years.

Read more at The Record. The cyberattack was first reported by CRN.