The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy’s national labs, has breached by cyberattackers as part of a recent

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy’s 17 national labs, was reportedly attacked by hackers as part of a recent campaign seeking to exploit flaws in Microsoft's (MSFT) SharePoint software.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) raised eyebrows this week as it digs into a possible slip in its own defense. Bloomberg reports the company is probing whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity firms opened the door for Chinese hackers to breach its SharePoint service.

U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

The company has been called out repeatedly for inadequate security practices, and now we have another case in point: a successful SharePoint hack that’s among the worst in Microsoft’s history.

Ransomware gangs are on the hunt for organizations that have yet to patch their vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint servers. Why it matters: Those could include organizations across the government and sectors including education,