Microsoft Says Azure Service Affected by Damaged Red Sea Cables

Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut. Traffic traversing through the Middle East that originates or ends in Asia or Europe is being affected, the company said in a status update posted online, adding that its engineering teams are working to mitigate the situation. The notice didn’t say how the cables were severed.