What we know about the Microsoft SharePoint hack hitting governments, companies globally

For the second consecutive July, Microsoft found itself grappling with the fallout of a major cybersecurity incident. This time, hackers exploited a vulnerability in the company’s SharePoint software, breaching the systems of governments, corporations, and healthcare providers worldwide.

What happened?

Hackers exploited a “zero-day” vulnerability in self-hosted SharePoint servers — widely used for internal document management, data organisation, and collaboration — to steal credentials, plant backdoors, and execute malicious code.

This gave…