The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The tech giants have evidence that Chinese hackers are exploiting the new bug, but warned "multiple actors" are also hacking into affected SharePoint systems.

Violet Typhoon, Linen Typhoon, and Storm-2603 exploited critical SharePoint flaws; over 60 organisations breached globally despite recent patches.