From Dawn · Reuters | AFP · · 40s
Microsoft Outlook Outage
Microsoft says no malicious activity behind 10-hour Outlook outage.
In brief
Microsoft says no malicious activity behind 10-hour Outlook outage. Microsoft reports no cyberattack causing 10-hour Outlook outage affecting businesses globally. Originally reported by Dawn.
Microsoft outage update
Microsoft says no malicious activity causing Outlook outage.
“As of now, we are not aware of any malicious activity that is causing this incident. We will continue to treat this incident with urgency and priority until full resolution”
Outage duration and scope
Outlook and Teams disrupted for 10 hours globally.
Impact on email systems

Australian government agencies affected by email outage.
“They believe they are dealing in some ways similar to what we saw with respect to CrowdStrike where there is an update that has gone awry”
Downdetector reports
25,000 US Outlook problems reported by Downdetector.
CrowdStrike comparison
CrowdStrike 2024 outage affected hospitals and airports.
Businesses affected

OpenAI and Workhorse Group impacted by Microsoft outage.
What to remember
Microsoft reports no cyberattack causing 10-hour Outlook outage affecting businesses globally.



