Observed incident
123 Reg reports customer-data access and observed ARTEX use
Reported
Published here
What happened
123 Reg told The Register that a September 18 intrusion accessed customer contact, relationship and product data, and that ARTEX was observed in the attack.
Parties and reporting
AI tools and systems: ARTEX (123 Reg’s account), Customer-information API
Outcome
The company notified customers and authorities, engaged outside responders and disrupted attacker servers with hosting providers. It said activity was limited to reading, with copying possible; the affected-customer count was not disclosed.
Operating lesson
Verify unexpected account communications through the registrar directly, enable strong account authentication and monitor for targeted phishing.
Evidence and limits
October 28 is the earliest verified public report here. The source quotes the company and its customer notice; no separate public provider bulletin was verified. China-nexus attribution and links to other ARTEX campaigns remain company suspicions, not established shared-actor identity.