Microsoft Azure services were disrupted due to cutting the Red Sea cable

The American technology giant says that Microsoft Azure Cloud has been disrupted due to cable discounts under the surface of the sea in the Red Sea.

The company said that AZURE users – one of the world’s leading cloud computing platforms – will face delay due to Internet traffic problems in the Middle East.

Microsoft did not explain what it might damage the lower cables, but added that it was able to redirect traffic through other tracks.

During the weekend, there were reports indicating that the underneath cable discounts affected the United Arab Emirates and some countries in Asia.

Cables placed on the ocean floor transmitting data between continents and are often described as the backbone of the Internet.

and The update published on Microsoft On Saturday, the traffic that passes through the Middle East “may suffer from increased cumin due to fiber discounts under the sea in the Red Sea.”

He stressed that traffic “that does not cross across the Middle East is not affected.”

On Saturday, Netblocks, an organization that monitors access to the Internet, said that a series of total lower sea discounts in the Red Sea has affected Internet services in many countries, including India and Pakistan.

The Pakistani telecommunications company said in a post on X that the cuts occurred in the water near the Saudi city of Jeddah and warned that Internet services could be affected during peak hours.

Cables under the sea can be damaged by the beacons that were dropped by ships, but they were targeted in the past as well.

In February 2024, many communications cables were cut in the Red Sea, affecting the traffic on the Internet between Asia and Europe.

The incident occurred about a month later against the internationally recognized Yemeni government that the Iranian -backed Houthi movement could tell cables and attack ships on the Red Sea. The Houthis denied that they targeted the cables.

In the Baltic Sea, a series of cables under the surface of the sea and gas pipelines were damaged in suspected attacks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Earlier this year, Swedish authorities seized a ship Cable is suspected of being destroyed by the Baltic Sea to Latvia. Prosecutors said that the initial investigation indicated sabotage.