https://community.isc2.org/t5/Threats/Microsoft-Says-Azure-Outage-Caused-by-Flawed-DDoS-Response/m-p/72768#M1319 <P>Dear All,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Microsoft says that an eight-hour Azure and Microsoft 365 outage on Tuesday, July 30, was due to “an error in the implementation” of their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack response mechanisms. Rather than mitigate the incident, the buggy protection mechanism amplified the attack.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN><A href="https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?is=2e17210a000df3b23714ee0b7fabf90d53a139a7fd871f741a8f77fe7ad94a1a" target="_blank">https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?is=2e17210a000df3b23714ee0b7fabf90d53a139a7fd871f741a8f77fe7ad94a1a</A></SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:49:31 GMT Kyaw_Myo_Oo 2024-08-03T07:49:31Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Threats/Microsoft-Says-Azure-Outage-Caused-by-Flawed-DDoS-Response/m-p/72768#M1319 <P>Dear All,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Microsoft says that an eight-hour Azure and Microsoft 365 outage on Tuesday, July 30, was due to “an error in the implementation” of their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack response mechanisms. Rather than mitigate the incident, the buggy protection mechanism amplified the attack.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN><A href="https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?is=2e17210a000df3b23714ee0b7fabf90d53a139a7fd871f741a8f77fe7ad94a1a" target="_blank">https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?is=2e17210a000df3b23714ee0b7fabf90d53a139a7fd871f741a8f77fe7ad94a1a</A></SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:49:31 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Threats/Microsoft-Says-Azure-Outage-Caused-by-Flawed-DDoS-Response/m-p/72768#M1319 Kyaw_Myo_Oo 2024-08-03T07:49:31Z