A DDoS attack triggered Azure outage - and Microsoft's defences finished the job

[Kent Sharkey]

The Stack[^]:

New details of global mega-outage revealed, with Microsoft blaming disastrous "usage spike" on an implementation error in its own response to a cyberattack.

The Cloud(tm) taken out by bigger cloud

[Nelek]

Kent Sharkey wrote:

, with Microsoft blaming disastrous "usage spike" on an implementation error in its own response to a cyberattack.

Have they updated it lateyl? :rolleyes: :-D

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

[Kris Lantz]

A cloud attack of large magnitude... a Hazuricane? Time to board up the Windows.