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![Microsoft Azure data deleted because of DNS outage](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
Users of Microsoft’s Azure system lost database records as part of a mass outage on Tuesday. A combination of DNS problems and automated scripts were to blame, said reports.
![US Investigating CenturyLink Internet Outage, 911 Failures](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
U.S. officials and at least one state said Friday that they have started investigations into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has disrupted 911 service. Federal Communications...
![Microsoft Details Cause of Recent Multi-Factor Authentication Outage](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
Microsoft has provided information on the root cause of the massive outage that last week impacted its Azure Active Directory authentication services across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. read more
![LastPass? More like lost pass. Or where the fsck has it gone pass. Five-hour outage drives netizens bonkers](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-costs-scaled-small.jpg)
Data centre lost connectivity, now restored LastPass users should be seeing the password manager's cloud service return to normal soon, after an outage lasting more than five hours.…
![Your smart air conditioner could contribute to mass power outages](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Researchers call the scenario BlackIoT: an IoT botnet of high-wattage devices that could crash the power grid.
![Group That Caused Power Outage Stops Focusing Exclusively on Ukraine](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
Electrum, the Russia-linked hacker group believed to be responsible for the 2016 power outage in Ukraine, no longer focuses exclusively on this country, according to industrial cybersecurity firm...
![Cloudflare Gets Transparent on DNS Resolver Outage](/static/build/img/news/alt/crypto-stat-small.jpg)
It’s a cautionary tale for those coding the complex algorithms that go into automated mitigation.
![A Spectre solution, a (very) brief Cloudflare outage, a bank heist in Canada, and more](/static/build/img/news/alt/crypto-stat-small.jpg)
Also, the SEC takes aim at another shady ICO Roundup While we were busy chasing SpamCannibals, jailing Yahoo hackers, and blaming North Korea for everything else, there was some interesting...
![A Spectre solution, a (very) brief Cloudflare outage, and a bank heist in Canada](/static/build/img/news/alt/application-stats-small.jpg)
Also, the SEC takes aim at another shady ICO Roundup While we were busy chasing SpamCannibals, jailing Yahoo hackers, and blaming North Korea for everything else, there was some interesting...
![Securing smart factories: How Schneider Electric connects devices and prevents outages](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
In the industrial IoT, factories and data centers face two main barriers: connectivity and poor electrical infrastructure.