Hundreds of thousands of people were left unable to access critical services on 29 October, as Microsoft Azure unexpectedly crashed. The massive outage came just nine days after an Amazon Web Services outage brought 'half the internet' to a standstill. Some experts have shown alarming realities of the Internet blackout. Microsoft and Amazon are the world's two largest providers of 'cloud computing'. The vast majority of internet services: including apps, social media platforms, and websites
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In the modern theatre of conflict, cyber warfare has emerged as a pivotal front, where states flex their technological prowess to assert dominance and counteract adversarial threats. Iran, a nation deeply entrenched in geopolitical struggles, finds itself as both a perpetrator and a target in this digital battleground. Recent cyber campaigns targeting Iran have sought to undermine its critical infrastructure, destabilize its economic systems, and disrupt its strategic ambitions. These operati
