Swiss federal IT office hit by cyberattack

Following a cyberattack on the SharePoint servers operated by the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT), access via the internet has been blocked for people outside the federal administration. Around 200 accounts were compromised in the incident. There are no indications of any further data breaches. The unknown attackers are believed to have exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint software, the FOITT said on Tuesday. The software…