Overview

• Microsoft's Azure and 365 services were hit by a DDoS attack, causing a nine-hour outage.
• The company's defense mechanisms malfunctioned, amplifying the impact instead of mitigating it.
• Key services affected included Azure App Services, Azure IoT Central, and Microsoft Purview.
• The incident followed a major outage caused by a CrowdStrike update two weeks prior.
• Microsoft plans to release a detailed report on the outage and its response.