While DDoS attacks are mainly a nuisance - making websites unreachable without penetrating them - security experts say they can disrupt the work of millions if they successfully interrupt the services of a software service giant like Microsoft on which so much global commerce depends. Microsoft said there was no evidence any customer data was accessed or compromised. It said the attackers were focused on “disruption and publicity” and likely used rented cloud infrastructure and virtual private networks to bombard Microsoft servers from so-called botnets of zombie computers around the globe. Slim on details, the post said the attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of some services. Microsoft’s explanation in a blog post Friday evening followed a request by The Associated Press two days earlier. Some security researchers believe the group to be Russian. It claimed responsibility on its Telegram social media channel at the time. A spokeswoman confirmed that the group that calls itself Anonymous Sudan was behind the attacks. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed that DDoS attacks by the murky upstart were indeed to blame.īut the software giant has offered few details - and did not immediately comment on how many customers were affected and whether the impact was global.
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