Zoom outage: Service -restored service video calls after global dissolution affect the website; Cyberlack claims surface
The video conferencing platform Zoom faced a major global outage on Friday, interrupting the core services including the video meeting, its website and mobile application. Zoom Communications later stated that it had solved the issue, unable to connect thousands of users worldwide.
At around 3:01 pm, at the peak of dissolution around ET, Downdetetor.com – which tracks service outage – 67,280 user complaints, mainly from the United States, but also reported from many other countries. Users faced Error Code 503It is usually related to server-side issues.
“The service has now been restored after the earlier outage,” Zoom has confirmed on X (East Twitter), first after accepting that “Zoom.s is accepting the domain name resolution issues on the domain that affects many services.”
The company is still investigating the cause of the outage and has not officially confirmed whether it was a cyber attack. However, several social media users claimed that a hacking group called Darkstorm was behind the targeting zoom of a DDOS (distributed refusal-service) attack.
“We work on USA platforms as we said,” the group posted on X, inspired further speculation. Zoom has not yet commented on the alleged attack.
According to the status page of the zoom, disintegration affected several services including zoom meeting, zoom phone, zoom contact center and the company’s main website. The dowtector also filed more than 50,000 problem reports during the incident.
What is DDOS attack?
A distributed refusal-service-service (DDOS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the general functioning of a target server, service or network that makes it heavy with the flood of internet traffic. Unlike a traditional refusal-service-service (DOS) attack, which usually comes from a source, a DDOS attack arises from several sources, often thousands of compromised equipment such as computers, smartphones and IOT (Internet of Things) devices. These devices are collectively known as a “botnet”, controlled by cyber criminal without the knowledge of its owners.
The goal of the DDOS attack is to eliminate the resources of the target system, unable to respond to legitimate requests. This may be unavailable, slowing down, or completely crashing the targeted website, service or network. DDOS attacks can affect any online service, including the website, application and cloud-based platforms.
DDOS attacks are difficult to protect due to their distributed nature. The sheer quantity of traffic can also overwhelm the most advanced security systems. Businesses and organizations often apply various strategies, such as traffic filtering and load balance, to reduce the effects of these attacks.
