Microsoft said service disruptions stemmed from an attack by a cybercriminal group dubbed 'Anonymous Sudan.'
at the time. But now, the software company has identified a cause of the outages: a distributed denial-of-service attack executed by"Anonymous Sudan," a cybercriminal group with alleged Russian ties. statement
Microsoft said there was no evidence any customer data was accessed or compromised. The company did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment. While DDoS attacks are mainly a nuisance, making websites unreachable without penetrating them, security experts say they can disrupt the work of millions of people if they successfully interrupt popular tech services.
Since the attack, Microsoft has taken several steps to guard against future DDoS attacks, including"tuning" its Azure Web Application Firewall, which serves as a line of defense against potential attacks, the company said in its statement.
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