A cyber-attack caused a global outage to Outlook and the popular video game Minecraft, Microsoft confirms. The technology company confirms that the issue “has been resolved.”
Microsoft Experienced a DDoS Attack Triggered by CrowdStrike Update
Microsoft experienced a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS) that was triggered by a “flawed software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike,” the BBC confirms.
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Microsoft Outage Impacted 8.5 Million User Accounts
The attack caused widespread disruption to 8.5 million user accounts, including healthcare and travel industries.
Microsoft Details the Nature of the DDoS Attack
In a website update, Microsoft said, “While the initial trigger event was a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack… initial investigations suggest that an error in the implementation of our defences amplified the impact of the attack rather than mitigating it.”
Understanding DDoS Attacks and Microsoft’s Response
DDoS attacks work by flooding a website or online service with internet traffic in an attempt to throw it offline or otherwise make it inaccessible.
Microsoft’s Measures to Prevent Future Attacks
Microsoft continues: “We are working to improve our deployment process to ensure that pinned build versions are detected as part of a deployment and not considered successful. We are working to improve the central documentation for automatic key management to ensure the above best practices are followed by all Azure services using this capability.”
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