NEW YORK -- A global Microsoft Azure outage that impacted a range of services for consumers Tuesday 鈥� from reports of stalling Outlook emails to trouble ordering on Starbucks鈥� mobile app 鈥� was triggered by distributed denial of service cyberattack, according to the tech giant.
Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing platform used by companies worldwide, confirmed the attack in a status update 鈥� and said that an error in the platform鈥檚 defense response may have 鈥渁mplified the impact鈥� rather than initially mitigating it.
As a result, systems temporarily went down for select customers in an hours-long disruption.
