Microsoft server hack has now hit 400 victims, researchers say
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) A sweeping cyber-espionage campaign organisation centred on vulnerable versions of Microsoft's server software has now claimed about 400 victims, according to researchers at Netherlands-based Eye Security. The figure, which is derived from a count of digital artefacts discovered during scans of servers running vulnerable versions of Microsoft's SharePoint software, compares to 100 organisations catalogued over the weekend.Eye Security says the figure is likely an undercount. "There are many more, because not all attack vectors have left artefacts that we could scan for," said Vaisha Bernard, the chief hacker for Eye Security, which was among the first organisations to flag the breaches.The spy campaign kicked off after Microsoft failed to fully patch a security hole in its SharePoint server software, kicking off a scramble to fix the vulnerability when it was discovered.
The details of most of the victim organisations have not yet been fully disclosed. Bernard declined to identify them.
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