US EditionMicrosoft Relied on Chinese Engineering Team for SharePoint Later Hacked by China
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The giant 'tech' has identified six groups of Chinese hackers that are wreaking havoc on institutions and companies around the world. Thus they infiltrated the guts of a tool that millions of people use every day.
Microsoft relied on Chinese engineering team for SharePoint later hacked by China
Microsoft recently revealed that Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its collaboration software SharePoint to access the computer systems of hundreds of companies and government agencies including the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security. However, the company did not mention that support for SharePoint is handled by a China-based engineering team, which has been maintaining the…
Microsoft has used engineers based in China to maintain SharePoint which would have made it vulnerable, the application has been exploited by at least three groups of cybercriminals affiliated with China. Previously, Microsoft has revealed that Chinese hackers have successfully exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability to its popular SharePoint platform. A new report revealed that Microsoft would have used engineers based in China to maintain …
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