32 Indian organisations hit by hackers exploiting Microsoft Exchange servers vulnerability: Check Point Research

A total of 32 Indian organisations were hit by hackers, who exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers as per a report by Check Point Research. The report says that the finance/banking sector was the worst affected industry at 28 per cent followed by government/military (16 per cent), manufacturing (12.5 per cent), insurance/legal (9.5 per cent) whereas other sectors accounted for 34 per cent.

The report shared on March 15 reveals that the hacking attempts on organisations have increased tenfold from 700 to over 7,200 between March 11 and March 15.

The most attacked country is the United States at 17 per cent. It is also the only country with a double-digit percentage in these attacks.