After Alaska Airlines faced a major IT outage last week, forcing the company to ground and cancel flights, the airline was hit with yet another outage this week due to the global disruption of Microsoft Azure.
Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines use Azure to host some of their services, and this outage affected many of their systems, namely the company’s websites and online check-in abilities for passengers. As of Thursday (October 30, 2025) the airline announced that its systems should be back online and any other impacted services will be back up and running once Microsoft resolves the issue with Azure.
(–Source: AeroTime
Read More: Alaska Airlines hit by another IT outage, cites Azure issues )
With news and panic arising from claims of a Gmail data breach compromising 183 million passwords, Google took to X (formerly Twitter) to assure users that these claims are false.
In their post, they affirm that “Gmail’s defenses are strong, and users remain protected.” The company claims that this is a misunderstanding and users should not panic.
(–Source: Tech Times
Read More: Google Denies Gmail Security Breach, Insists ‘Defenses Are Strong’ After Recent Reports )
Claims of a massive data breach (546GB worth of data) on Brazilian youth nonprofit, Gerar, have appeared on a popular data leak site.
The sample data shown in the posts includes scanned IDs, contracts, military service documents, names, medical checkup records, contact information, birthdates, tax ID numbers, family income, and educational data. This leak is particularly concerning due to Gerar being a youth-focused non-profit, meaning that the data likely pertains to young individuals seeking internships and employment with the company’s assistance.
(–Source: Cyber News
Read More: Youth employment nonprofit compromised by hackers | Cybernews )
After a configuration change to Microsoft Azure’s infrastructure caused a system outage leaving users with no access to Office 365 and other Microsoft services on Wednesday of this week, the company has announced that a fix has been implemented and rolled out to users.
This outage affected many services that use Microsoft’s cloud service, leaving customers of companies such as Costco, Starbucks, and American Airlines with issues and outages that lasted throughout the day.
(–Source: AP News
Read More: Microsoft Azure cloud service hit with outage | AP News )
Proton believes that many data breaches go unreported or are reported too late, so In an effort to make accurate cybercrime data more accessible, they have launched the Data Breach Observatory.
This new web page is designed to regularly update records of any leaked data that is detected on the dark web, making it easier for individuals to find out if their information has been leaked in a breach.
(–Source: Engadget on MSN
Read More: Proton launches ‘Data Breach Observatory’ to track personal info leaks )
