Microsoft rushes to stop hackers from wreaking global havoc


The company said it was still working to roll out other fixes after warnings that hackers were targeting SharePoint clients. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: Hackers exploited a security flaw in common Microsoft Corp software to breach governments, businesses and other organisations across the globe and steal sensitive information, according to officials and cybersecurity researchers.

Microsoft over the weekend released a patch for the vulnerability in servers of the SharePoint document management software.

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