OriginalSourceDWGermanyLeanCenterCredibilityPublished07:46 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceDWGermanyLeanCenterCredibilityPublished07:46 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
“Microsoft rules out 'malicious activity' as cause for global outage”
“A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams worldwide, with reports from scores of countries and territories. The software giant said that it was “not aware” of malicious activity that could have caused the outage.”
Microsoft says no malicious activity caused global outage affecting 365 apps
Key points
- Microsoft announced a global outage affected Outlook, Teams and other 365 apps on November 13, 2026.
- The company said efforts to repair Outlook were not going as expected and sought alternatives.
- Microsoft stated it is not aware of any malicious activity causing the outage.
- Downdetector reported 74 countries with outages and about 130,000 US reports of Outlook issues.
- Some services began restoring, but the company warned fixes may take time and cited evolving server issues.
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