Warning on Microsoft outage issued; Working to bring systems back online: Nadella
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San Francisco: While Microsoft CEO and Chairman Satya Nadella stated that the company is working diligently to safely bring systems back up globally, US cybersecurity organisation CISA has warned that hackers are attempting to use the company's outage for phishing and other nefarious behaviour.
People should "avoid clicking on phishing emails or suspicious links," since these might lead to email compromise and other scams, the US cybersecurity agency advised.
“Threat actors continue to use the widespread IT outage for phishing and other malicious activity. CISA urges organisations to ensure they have robust cybersecurity measures to protect their users, assets, and data against this activity,” it said in a statement
The outage has impacted Windows 10 and later systems, and is due to the “CrowdStrike Falcon content update and not to malicious cyber activity”.
Nadella said in a post on X “We are aware of this issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and across the industry to provide customers technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online.”
A fresh Microsoft statement read that they are actively supporting customers to assist in their recovery, IANS reported.
According to CrowdStrike, the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.