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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.
Federal cybersecurity officials have issued a warning to Microsoft users about a security flaw allowing hackers to access to certain SharePoint systems.
The attacks appear to have escalated because Microsoft released incomplete patches for the initial vulnerabilities, according to Benjamin Harris, CEO of watchTowr. After researche
Security researchers say Microsoft customers should take immediate action to defend against the ongoing cyberattacks, and must assume they have already been compromised.
While organizations may have a variety of reasons for sticking with on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, widespread attacks targeting the servers are grounds to “re-do their risk calculus” and newly explore cloud-based options,