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A series of cyberattacks targeting Microsoft collaboration software, specifically SharePoint, have been linked to Chinese hackers and threat actors.
Victims of the recent global hacking campaign include the National Institutes of Health and the National Nuclear Security Administration, officials said.
Federal cybersecurity officials have issued a warning to Microsoft users about a security flaw allowing hackers to access to certain SharePoint systems.
The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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ABP News on MSNMicrosoft’s SharePoint Patch Failed To Stop Attacks As China-Linked Hackers Target Global Organisations
Microsoft’s first patch for a major SharePoint bug failed, leading to a cyber espionage spree affecting up to 9,000 servers, with China-linked actors named among the groups exploiting it.
It issued an alert about “active attacks” targeting its server software and urged customers to install new security updates that have been released.