Microsoft says the early June disruptions to its Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email apps — were denial-of-service attacks by a shadowy new hacktivist group.
FILE - The Microsoft company logo is displayed at their offices in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 3, 2021. Microsoft says the early June 2023 disruptions to its Microsofts flagship office suite including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps were denial-of-service attacks by a shadowy new hacktivist group.
But the software giant has offered few details — and did not immediately comment on how many customers were affected and whether the impact was global. A spokeswoman confirmed that the group that calls itself Anonymous Sudan was behind the attacks. It claimed responsibility on its Telegram social media channel at the time. Somefollowed a request by The Associated Press two days earlier. Slim on details, the post said the attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of some services.
Pro-Russian hacking groups including Killnet — which the cybersecurity firm Mandiant says is Kremlin-affiliated — have been bombarding government and other websites of Ukraine's allies with DDoS attacks., some U.S. airport sites were hit. Analyst Alexander Leslie of the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said it's unlikely Anonymous Sudan is located as it claims in Sudan, an African country.
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