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,

Hackers exploited a major security flaw in widely used Microsoft server software to launch a global attack on government agencies and businesses.

Microsoft has warned of “active attacks” targeting its SharePoint collaboration software, with security researchers noting that organizations worldwide stand to be affected by the breach.