A few days ago, users in various countries from all over the world reported that they could not access Microsoft services. But Redmond was able to fix the problems within minutes.
While Microsoft did not provide any details on what exactly happened, it turns out that hacker of the group Anonymous was actually behind it vacation.
Anonymous sent letter to Microsoft, claiming that hotmail.com, microsoft.com, live.com, msn.com went down a few days ago, due to attacks started by anonymous as part of the campaign KillingBay .
Hackers explained that the DDoS attack had to initially launch Microsoft's Microsoft Web sites, but only a few targets were actually affected.
"Two days ago a DDoS attack was launched on Japanese websites and Microsoft servers. We're sorry to say that Microsoft 's Japanese websites and servers did not crash, according to the program. But something fell. We dropped almost all Microsoft domains, "said the letter from Anonymous.
"The DDoS attack was launched in response to Taiji… Operation KillingBay or #OpKillingBay. We're sorry for any inconvenience we caused you at Microsoft… It's the thinking that counts, right? ”
No one but Microsoft can say for sure whether Anonymous was actually the team behind the shutdown, the company confirmed in a brief statement that it received reports from users that they had problems when they were trying to access their websites.
"Microsoft can confirm that all online services have been restored. We are investigating the cause of the outage and will continue to keep our customers informed based on the available information, "the company said.
