2024-07-31 11:49:36
The attack began early Tuesday, and an error in Microsoft’s automated security mechanisms exacerbated its impact, the company said in an updated report.
The attack affected customers in various regions, including services running on the Azure platform. For example, problems with Azure prevented new orders from the Starbucks app for several hours, a person familiar with the matter said.
DDoS attacks redirect massive internet traffic to a website – to disrupt it or stop it from working. These incidents have become a constant concern for financial institutions.
Reports of Azure and Microsoft 365 outages in New York began shortly after 7 a.m., according to user reports collected by Downdetector. morning local time (14:00 Lithuanian time), and hundreds of complaints were recorded during the peak of the incident. Microsoft said the incident in New York was fixed around 5 p.m. local time (around midnight Lithuanian time).
The issue also affected many Microsoft 365 services and features, Microsoft said in a statement on the X social network. Microsoft 365 includes common office applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.
About 8 million users were affected when cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. released a software update with a bug earlier this month. computers with Windows operating system. In addition, Microsoft is also dealing with the fallout from cyberattacks that led to a scathing report by the US government calling for changes across the company.
On Tuesday — after the company reported quarterly earnings — Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella spoke on a conference call about progress in the company’s cybersecurity products. He said that the company has more than 1.2 million. customers of security systems.
“We continue to prioritize security,” Nadella said, according to Bloomberg.
2024-07-31 11:49:36