Hackers launched a global attack on government agencies and businesses over the last several days by exploiting a security flaw in widely used Microsoft server software, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

The U.S. government, along with partners in Canada and Australia, are probing the compromise of SharePoint servers, which provide a platform for sharing and managing documents.

Victims worldwide have been left to scramble to respond as tens of thousands of such servers are at risk, experts said, and Microsoft has issued no patch for the flaw.

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