# Microsoft Reports Loss of Two Weeks' Worth of Security Logs for Cloud Products! ☁️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reports-loss-of-two-weeks-worth-of-security-logs-for-cloud-products/293976>\
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**Tags:** learning, hacking\
**Created:** [October 19, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reports-loss-of-two-weeks-worth-of-security-logs-for-cloud-products/293976 "2024-10-19T02:21:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reports-loss-of-two-weeks-worth-of-security-logs-for-cloud-products/293976/1 "2024-10-19T02:21:41Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Significant Data Loss**  
Microsoft has informed customers that it has lost over **two weeks** of security logs related to some of its cloud products, impacting critical data for network security.

2. **Cause of the Outage**  
The issue arose from a **bug** in Microsoft’s internal monitoring agents, which malfunctioned while uploading log data from **September 2 to September 19**.

3. **No Security Incident**  
Microsoft clarified that this logging outage was not due to a security breach but solely affected the collection of log events.

4. **Challenges for Network Defenders**  
The absence of these logs complicates efforts for network defenders to track user activities, such as sign-ins and failed login attempts, making it harder to detect potential intrusions.

5. **Limited Access to Notifications**  
Notifications regarding this data loss may only be accessible to a small number of users with **tenant admin rights** , limiting awareness among affected organizations.

**Read more at:** [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/microsoft-said-it-lost-weeks-of-security-logs-for-its-customers-cloud-products/)