National Nuclear Security Administration, Microsoft
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A wave of cyberattacks targeting Microsoft SharePoint servers has put hundreds of organisations worldwide at risk, including US government agencies. Groups of Chinese hackers, reportedly state-sponsored,
The SharePoint vulnerabilities that Microsoft released emergency patches for earlier this week – tracked as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 – have been exploited much further than previously thought. As reported by Bloomberg, the number of companies and organizations affected by the two exploits has grown to more than 400 in just a few days.
The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.