In July, hackers attacked a plethora of businesses and government agencies, worming their way through a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. One government agency told the Washington Post that the hackers had wiped some of their documents. Thousands of servers were left vulnerable.

It’s a chilling scenario: a hacker, potentially halfway across the world, gains the ability to infiltrate systems, steal data, or disrupt operations.

In just a matter of days, shockwaves of concern rippled throughout organizations, leaving many searching for answers as to what they need to know and how they can protect themselves and their customers.

Why did this thing get so big so fast?

The SharePoint vulnerability received a severity score of 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability

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