AMSTERDAM – A massive cyberattack has rocked the digital infrastructure of nearly 100 organisations worldwide, following the exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s self-hosted SharePoint Server.
The breach, first reported by Dutch cybersecurity firm Eye Security and later verified by the Shadowserver Foundation, is believed to have compromised banks, government entities, healthcare systems, and major industrial firms—mainly in the US and Germany, with ripple effects across multiple countries.
Hackers reportedly used the zero-day exploit to establish long-term backdoor access, raising serious concerns over data integrity and national security.
Microsoft has released emergency patches and urged all affected users to update immediately. However, cybersecurity experts warn that patching alone won’t undo the damage. Organisations are being advised to assume compromise, reset credentials, and launch full-scale forensic investigations.
Global cybersecurity watchdogs, including the FBI and UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, have launched a probe. Preliminary findings suggest the attack may be the work of a single, highly coordinated group.
With over 8,000 SharePoint servers exposed globally, the scale of the breach continues to widen—marking one of the largest coordinated enterprise-level hacks of the year.
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