DDoS attack triggers global Azure and Microsoft 365 outage
A distributed denial-of-service attack, made worse by an error in Microsoft's defences, disrupted Azure Front Door and some Microsoft 365 services from 11:45 to 19:43 UTC.
- Service
- Microsoft Azure
- Date
- 30 July 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Infosecurity Magazine ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “DDoS attack triggers global Azure and Microsoft 365 outage”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 30 Jul 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-07-30-microsoft-azure-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Infosecurity Magazine, https://infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ddos-microsoft-global-outage.
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