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Microsoft recently released urgent security flaw patche s to address a zero-day vulnerability that affected SharePoint servers, which have been abused in attacks since July 18, with victims reportedly including a private energy operator in California as well as a private fintech firm in New York.
Will Microsoft dock Satya Nadella’s pay again this year? The software giant faced the latest in a seemingly endless string of security breaches over the weekend, when it told customers that hackers were exploiting a flaw in its SharePoint file-sharing software.
Security experts are frustrated with Microsoft's approach because Teams is used by numerous organizations, companies, and individuals, from students and small businesses, to major corporations.
While the hack doesn't pose the kind of national security threat as the more sophisticated SolarWinds campaign , it can be an existential threat for victims who didn't install the patch in time.