Microsoft has placed older versions of SharePoint to support life. Crosses benefit

Hundreds of organizations Throughout the world, the world suffered from data violations this week, as a group of infiltrators rushed to exploit a recently discovered security vulnerability in old versions of Microsoft File sharing tool known as SharePoint. A series of violations adds to an urgent and complex dynamic already: Institutions that have long ago can face the growing risks by continuing to use the service, just as Microsoft explodes in support of the platform in favor of newer cloud offers.

Microsoft He said On Tuesday, in addition to other actors, it has seen several Associated with China Piracy groups that take advantage of the defect, which are specially found in the old versions of SharePoint, hosted by organizations. The newest version based on the SHAPOINT group does not affect the microsoft customers to adopt for many years. Bloomberg first I mentioned On Wednesday that one of the victims is the United States National Nuclear Security Department, which oversees and maintains US nuclear weapons.

The “local servers” or self -managed servers are a common target for infiltrators, because organizations often prepare them so that they are exposed to open internet and then forget them or do not want to allocate a budget to replace them. Even if the repairs are available, the owner may neglect their application. This is not the case, with the errors that sparked the wave of this week of attacks. Although it relates to the previous SharePoint weakness that was discovered in the PWN2OWN piracy competition in Berlin in May, the correction issued by Microsoft earlier this month is the same defectiveAnd this means even organizations that have done security care have been arrested. Microsoft hurried this week to release repair repair, or what the company calls “more powerful protection” in it Security alert.

“In Microsoft, our commitment – which was designed in the safe future initiative – is to meet customers in their location,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement sent via e -mail. “This means supporting organizations through the full spectrum of the adoption of the cloud, including those who run local systems.”

Microsoft still supports SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 with safety updates and other repairs, however Both will arrive What Microsoft calls “the end of support” on July 14, 2026. SharePoint Server 2013 has already been a nomads and is already to the end of life and only receives the most important security updates through a paid service called “Server Server Edition”. As a result, all SharePoint server versions are an increasing part of digital inverse water where the comfort of continuing to run the program comes with a high risk and possible exposure to users – especially when SharePoint servers are located on the Internet.

“For years, Microsoft SharePoint has placed as a safer alternative to the tools for sharing Windows files in the old school, and for this reason, institutions such as government agencies invested in the creation of these servers. Now, no additional cost, in exchange for the presidency of Microsft365 in the cloud that involves a subscription subscription.” “So Microsoft is trying to pay nails by shipping extended support. But if you are displaying the SharePoint server to the Internet, I confirm that you also have to respond to accidents, because this server will appear in the end.”