A few days ago, users in various countries around the world reported that they could not access its services Microsoft. But Redmond was able to fix the issues within minutes.
While Microsoft didn't provide any details on what exactly happened, it turns out that the group's hackers Anonymous was actually behind the stop.
Anonymous sent letter at Microsoft, claiming that the hotmail.com, microsoft.com, live.com, msn.com went down a few days ago due to attacks launched 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? ”
You do, except from Microsoft can't say for sure whether Anonymous was actually the group behind the outage, the company confirmed in a brief statement that it has received reports from users that they are having problems 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.
