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Microsoft quickly issued a statementwhile speaking to TechCrunch, assuring concerned customers that their data wasn’t at risk.
The company also indicated that internal services weren’t affected either.
The cybersecurity company narrowed the issue to an Azure feature, Shared Access Signature (SAS) tokens.
Essentially, the feature is a URL that grants restricted access rights to Azure Storage resources.
Luckily, in this case, the issue was flagged and remedied quickly.
Microsoft has since issued a comprehensive list highlightingbest practicesfor handling SAS tokens.
