Recently, cloud platforms seem to be waging a brutal war against cryptocurrencies. Google Cloud, OVHCloud, Amazon Web Services, Oracle: they all decided to ban mining on their services. So it was only a matter of time before Microsoft imitated its competitors. Last Wednesday, the Redmond company updated its terms of use for Azure. As you guessed, the goal is to ban the cryptocurrency from its servers.
“Crypto-mining is prohibited without prior approval from Microsoft” since last Wednesday according to the new regulations in force. After that, the written consent of the company will be required to continue mining activities. Suffice it to say that we don’t really expect this deal to be deployed instantly, as Microsoft insists on the dangers of the app.
Microsoft no longer wants cryptocurrencies in Azure services
In an interview with The Register, Microsoft says that cryptocurrency mining can: “causes disruption or even damage to online services and their users”. Worse still, according to the company, these are “It is often linked to cyber fraud and abuse attacks such as unauthorized access and use of customer resources. »
It’s hard to prove him wrong on this last point, as cryptocurrency scams have exploded in recent years. Therefore, it is not surprising that Microsoft tries to protect itself from possible objections from unlucky users who have fallen into the trap. However, the company “It can be evaluated for testing and research purposes for safety detections. »
Source : Microsoft
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