Skype Brought Down By Microsoft Update

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Patch Tuesday became a Friday the 13th for Skype this month, as a Windows Update devastated Skype’s authentication network.

Skype Brought Down By Microsoft Update

Skype has blamed the routine installation of updates from Microsoft for a massive outage in August. The company’s Villu Arak has been blogging about the issue since its beginning, and recently provided an update on the cause of the Skype outage:

The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users

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