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July 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
**Microsoft's SharePoint Under Attack: Chinese Hackers Exploit Unpatched Flaw, Impacting U.S. Nuclear Weapons Agency and Other Organizations**
- Microsoft acknowledges a security flaw in SharePoint, known since May, but the patch failed to effectively address the issue.
- Chinese state-backed hacking groups, including 'Typhoon', are exploiting this zero-day vulnerability to steal data and deploy malware.
- The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) was breached in this campaign, along with over 100 other organizations.
- Microsoft has released emergency patches for SharePoint amid these active attacks.
- Experts urge users to apply the patches immediately to mitigate the risk of further breaches.