---
title: "Xbox Live outage was caused by major DNS DDoS attack"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/xbox-live-outage-was-caused-by-major-dns-ddos-attack/"
date: "2021-04-06T09:32:00+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Cloud Security"
  - "Cyber Threat"
  - "Cyber Vulnerability"
  - "Cyberattack"
  - "Cybercrime"
  - "Cybercriminals"
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Data Protection"
  - "Data Security"
  - "DDOS"
  - "Ransomware Attack"
source: "techradar.com"
source_url: "https://www.techradar.com/in/news/microsoft-says-recent-xbox-live-outage-was-caused-by-dns-ddos-attack"
---

# Xbox Live outage was caused by major DNS DDoS attack

April 6, 2021 · Reported by techradar.com

> Microsoft has confirmed that the recent outage that struck a number of its cloud-based services came as a result of a DNS DDoS attack.

[Read the full article at techradar.com](https://www.techradar.com/in/news/microsoft-says-recent-xbox-live-outage-was-caused-by-dns-ddos-attack)

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