Subj : Microsoft OneDrive went down after a spate of DDoS attacks
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jun 09 2023 11:45:04

Microsoft OneDrive went down after a spate of DDoS attacks

Date:
Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:30:52 +0000

Description:
Anonymous Sudan takes responsibility, calls Microsoft "liars".

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This Thursday, Microsofts cloud services were targets of a Distributed Denial 
of Service (DDoS) attack, which managed to bring OneDrive down for some 
users. 

As reports started coming in of users being unable to open their OneDrives 
and getting the This page isnt working right now message, a threat actor 
going by Anonymous Sudan took responsibility for the attack. 

Microsoft acknowledged the attack quickly and deployed mitigation measures. 
It said on its service health status page: 

"We're investigating a potential issue and checking for impact to your 
organization. We'll provide an update within 30 minutes," the company said. 
"We're reviewing OneDrive telemetry that captures this impact scenario to 
determine the source of the service access failures and begin identifying a 
mitigation plan." Russian and Iranian threat actors 

While Anonymous Sudans motives are unknown, the threat actor seems to be 
linked to Russia, BleepingComputer reports. The same threat actor was engaged 
in anti-Israel activity on Jerusalem Day, Israels 780th Military Intelligence 
Brigade tweeted last month, arguing that the group could be affiliated with 
Iran, as well. 

Anonymous Sudan actor seems to have targeted other Microsoft services with 
DDoS attacks earlier this week, as well. Read more 

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"Microsoft, you think we forgot you? We are motivated to teach you liars a 
very good lesson in honesty that none of your parents ever taught you," 
Anonymous Sudan allegedly said on Telegram. "Onedrive has been downed. Let's 
see your new excuse now." 

Previously, the hackers targeted Outlook, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for 
Business, it was said. 

In the meantime, Microsoft mitigated the attacks and confirmed that just 
onedrive.live.com was affected. 

"The impacted browser URL is onedrive.live.com. Access to the OneDrive 
service using the desktop client, a synchronization client or Office clients 
are not impacted," Microsoft said. "We're continuing to analyze monitoring 
telemetry and performing load-balancing processes to provide relief." Check 
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Via: BleepingComputer



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