Microsoft, Hackers and US government
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1hon MSN
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft has issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in Microsoft’s SharePoint software that hackers have exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some federal agencies.
Hackers exploited a major security flaw in widely used Microsoft server software to launch a global attack on government agencies and businesses in the pas
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.