Energy organizations hacked through discontinued web server vulnerabilities

Organizations in the energy industry, including various electrical grid operators in India, initially reported by Recorded Future to have been compromised by state-sponsored Chinese hacking groups were discovered by Microsoft researchers to be breached through the exploitation of vulnerabilities in the Boa web server, which has remained prevalent despite being discontinued in 2005, BleepingComputer reports.

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