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Microsoft blamed two Chinese nation-state actors for exploiting recently discovered security flaws in SharePoint to infiltrate vulnerable organizations, like schools, state governments, and the U.S. government’s top nuclear security agency.
The hackers behind the initial wave of attacks exploiting a zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint servers have so far primarily targeted government organizations, according to researchers as well as news reports. The Washington Post reported
More information has emerged on the ToolShell SharePoint zero-day attacks, including impact, victims, and threat actors.
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Providing additional updates on the breach, Microsoft said in a blog post on Tuesday that two Chinese nation-state operators, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, exploited vulnerabilities in the internet-facing SharePoint servers.