 Authorities say they've received reports that hackers are exploiting the Microsoft outage affecting thousands of computers worldwide. A source tells ABC News malicious actors are distributing malware disguised as software fixes. Tony Anscombe works with the cybersecurity firm ESET. Unfortunately, you know, they'll see the opportunity. They'll be sending out their own method of how you update this and providing their own piece of malware to install instead of using the CrowdStrike solution. Mike Dabosky.