The attacks, discovered over the weekend, exploit a previously unknown vulnerability in the document-sharing software, prompting immediate action from both Microsoft and federal investigators. Newsweek reached out to Microsoft and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) via email for comment.

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

A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 different organizations as of the weekend, two of the organizations that helped uncover the campaign said on Monday.

The tech giant will provide key AI assistance to French start up Iconem, to help them stitch together hundreds of thousands of high resolution photos and build a replica of the cathedral that is expected to be made available to scientists and the public.

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT News Reporter Federal and state agencies have been plunged into panic after hackers prised open a gap in the armor of a Microsoft program’s security software, researchers have said.