'ERROR' IN MICROSOFT'S DDOS DEFENSES AMPLIFIED 8-HOUR AZURE OUTAGE

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Microsoft admitted its defensive implementation worsened the Azure outage on July 30, which was initially triggered by a DDoS attack. DDOS attacks aim to overwhelm systems with malicious traffic. They are becoming increasingly common, so Microsoft should have been able to prevent the outage.