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Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint software, the latest in a string of security problems that have plagued the tech giant.

Mustafa Suleyman's Microsoft artificial intelligence organization has been picking up talent from Google DeepMind, where he spent several years. Google's Gemini assistant rivals Microsoft's Copilot for consumers.

Microsoft said three hacking groups tied to China have tried to exploit a vulnerability that affected some versions of its SharePoint collaboration software. Attackers in China also sought to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft's Exchange Server software four years ago.

A security patch released by Microsoft last month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in U.S. tech giant's SharePoint server software that had been identified in May, opening the door to a sweeping global cyber espionage operation.

As investors applaud Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and its top boss Jensen Huang on becoming the first company to surpass a $4 trillion valuation, questions linger as to whether or not another firm has what it takes to pick up the speed to challenge Nvidia in the race to $5 trillion.

Quantum computing could be the next great secular trend for the tech sector. Unlike traditional binary computers, which store zeros and ones separately in bits, quantum computers can store them simultaneously in qubits.

Speaking on CNBC this afternoon, Madrona's Matt McIlwain noted that he had been on the business news network a year ago with a contrarian call: bullish on Microsoft and Amazon, skeptical on Apple.

Bei den aktuellen Cyber-Attacken auf zahlreiche Unternehmen und Behörden führt die Spur Microsoft US5949181045 zufolge nach China.