Massachusetts workers feel impact of widespread Microsoft outage - WCVB
A widespread Microsoft server outage on Thursday left millions of users worldwide unable to access their accounts, including workers in Massachusetts.
The disruption forced employees to revert to traditional communication methods. Liam McManus described the situation: 'You kind of turn old school and have to meet people face to face versus trying to do things on Teams.' Mary Gifford noted that while some work could still be done, the outage was noticeable across the board.
Possible attack cause
Cybersecurity expert Gary Miliefsky suggested the outage might have resulted from a denial-of-service attack, where servers are overwhelmed with traffic. Microsoft's core communication services appeared to be the primary target of the incident.
It seems to have targeted the most important service they offer, our ability to communicate over the internet.
Phishing warning
As of Thursday night, Microsoft services remained down. Experts are cautioning users to be vigilant once email services are restored, warning that unfamiliar links could be phishing attempts targeting vulnerable systems.
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