As if the CrowdStrike debacle with a faulty update wasn’t enough vendor drama in July, then Microsoft managed to make a cyberattack’s impact even worse. AP reports:
A global Microsoft Azure outage that impacted a range of services for consumers Tuesday — from reports of stalling Outlook emails to trouble ordering on Starbucks’ mobile app — was triggered by a distributed denial of service cyberattack, according to the tech giant.
Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing platform used by companies and organizations worldwide, confirmed the attack in an update — and said that an initial error in the platform’s defense response may have “amplified the impact” rather than mitigating it.
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