Twitter user Tzatl tweeted at the company on Sunday, asking: Did you guys really forget to renew a certificate? Microsoft responded that it had isolated the problem and was applying a fix, referring users to entry EX257883 under its service health dashboard.
The issue provoked some teasing from users on Twitter. Someone done goofed, replied one user, along with a picture of the untrusted certificate report from Digicert Cloud Services.
This isn t the first time a large technology company has downed a service by forgetting to renew a certificate.
Last month, Epic Games accidentally allowed a certificate used across many of its internal-facing services to expire. That took account logins offline for many of its most popular games, including Fortnite.
40% of Enterprises Face High Likelihood of Outages According to State of Machine Identity Management Report
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New Report from Keyfactor and Ponemon Institute Uncovers Significant Gaps in Enterprise Identity and Access Management Strategies
Chris Hickman, chief security officer at Keyfactor
.the survey highlights a concerning and significant gap between plan and action when it comes to machine identity management strategy. CLEVELAND (PRWEB) April 06, 2021
Keyfactor, the leader in PKI as-a-Service and crypto-agility solutions, and Ponemon Institute today released the first-ever State of Machine Identity Management Report, a study exploring enterprises’ ability to manage and protect machine identities, keys and certificates in digital business.