Atlassian escalates its Confluence threat warning to '10'

Security and government agencies at risk in mass ransomware exploit of Atlassian software flaw

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Atlassian escalates its Confluence threat warning to '10'
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Atlassian escalates its Confluence threat warning to '10'

Government organisations are at risk after a mass hack attack delivered ransomware to the systems of multiple organisations using flawed Atlassian Confluence collaboration software, according to alerts raised by the firm and security vendor Rapid7.

Atlassian escalated its threat warning to "10" on Monday, the "highest, critical rating" on the CVSS scale, after observing "several active exploits and reports of threat actors using ransomware". ...

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