Microsoft Azure service restored after being downed by expired SSL certificate

February 24, 2013

Microsoft's Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services from Friday afternoon because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. The company reported services were restored Saturday. The company also reported problems with its Xbox Music and Video Store services. The service problems come on a day the company said it was recently a victim of a cyberattack similar to ones that targeted Apple and Facebook. "Beginning Friday, February 22 at 12:44 PM PST, Storage experienced a worldwide outage impacting HTTPS operations (SSL traffic) due to an expired certificate," Microsoft said on its Windows Azure service dashboard. HTTP traffic was not impacted, the company said. It said it executed steps to update the SSL certificate and expected HTTPS traffic to notice gradual recovery in many sub-regions. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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