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Microsoft SharePoint attack now sees victim count rises to 400 organizations, including US nuclear agency
New estimates regarding the recently-exploited Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities now evaluate that as many as 400 organizations may have been targeted.
A wave of cyberattacks targeting Microsoft SharePoint servers has put hundreds of organisations worldwide at risk, including US government agencies. Groups of Chinese hackers, reportedly state-sponsored,
The US government agency in charge of designing and maintaining nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint server software, Bloomberg reported. However, attackers weren't able to obtain any sensitive or classified information,
While organizations may have a variety of reasons for sticking with on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, widespread attacks targeting the servers are grounds to “re-do their risk calculus” and newly explore cloud-based options,
A quiet Microsoft vulnerability in a popular collaboration platform opened the door to a much bigger cybersecurity threat.