Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations, and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately.

Microsoft has issued an urgent alert after hackers began exploiting a critical SharePoint Server flaw. The FBI and CISA are responding as agencies and businesses are targeted.

The incident has reportedly impacted the servers of federal agencies, schools, and energy companies. Some emergency patches have been deployed. On July 19, Microsoft alerted users that it was experiencing an active cyberattack on its SharePoint servers,

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A warning has been issued to Microsoft users detailing a cybersecurity flaw that allowed hackers to access its SharePoint servers, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced.

A major cyber espionage campaign exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft’s self-hosted SharePoint software has compromised nearly 100 organizations, according to cybersecurity firms Eye Security and the Shadowserver Foundation.

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.