Hacker Used SharePoint Flaw to Breach US Nuclear Agency
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Cryptopolitan on MSNU.S. nuclear weapons agency was among those breached in a Microsoft SharePoint hackThe National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the design and upkeep of America’s nuclear weapons arsenal, was among those whose systems were breached as part of the recent Microsoft SharePoint hack.
Microsoft has observed two named Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, exploiting vulnerabilities targeting internet-facing SharePoint servers. In addition, we have observed another China-based threat actor,
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in an alert, said it's aware of active exploitation of CVE-2025-53770, which enables unauthenticated access to SharePoint systems and arbitrary code execution over the network.