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Department of Homeland Security headquarters, several of its agencies and the Department of Health and Human Services have been hacked as part of a wider breach of Microsoft SharePoint.
The US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in a China-linked hack of Microsoft SharePoint, according to Bloomberg. Officials say no classified data was exposed and the impact was limited.
Federal cybersecurity officials have issued a warning to Microsoft users about a security flaw allowing hackers to access to certain SharePoint systems.
Microsoft has alerted organizations about active attacks exploiting a vulnerability in SharePoint servers, impacting over 10,000 on-premise installations, including those at businesses and government agencies.
Analysts warn the breach could affect more than 10,000 organizations worldwide, including federal and state agencies, universities, and private businesses.
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.
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.
Microsoft Warns of Nuclear Security Hack: AI-Driven Vulnerabilities Threaten Critical Infrastructure
Microsoft has issued a stark warning about a recent cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure, including the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), exposing vulnerabilities in its SharePoint software.
Vulnerabilities in the software have allowed hackers to access file systems and execute code, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned on Sunday.