Microsoft, SharePoint and cybersecurity
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Victims of the recent global hacking campaign include the National Institutes of Health and the National Nuclear Security Administration, officials said.
Over 100 organizations were hacked via a SharePoint flaw. Governments and businesses targeted in a major Microsoft server breach.
Dubbed a “zero-day” because it leverages a previously undisclosed digital weakness, the hacks allow spies to penetrate vulnerable servers and potentially drop a backdoor to secure continuous access to victim organisations.
Federal cybersecurity officials have issued a warning to Microsoft users about a security flaw allowing hackers to access to certain SharePoint systems.
South Africa’s National Treasury is among at least 400 entities worldwide to be affected by a hack of Microsoft’s SharePoint document management system.