Microsoft’s massive outage is the latest warning in a disturbing string of cyberattacks, AI security threats and technology failures. Whether today’s disruption was caused by hackers or a technical failure, the danger is becoming impossible to ignore.
OffGrid Survival writes:
Microsoft suffered a massive outage Thursday, November 12, knocking out access to Outlook, Microsoft 365, Teams and other services that millions of people and businesses depend on to get through an ordinary workday. Email stopped working, employees couldn’t access important accounts, and businesses found themselves scrambling because technology they had come to depend on was suddenly unavailable.
According to Reuters, outage tracker Downdetector recorded more than 97,000 reports of problems with Outlook, another 38,000 involving Microsoft 365 and thousands more involving Teams. The Associated Press reported that Outlook complaints peaked near 130,000. Those are individual reports of problems, not a complete count of affected customers. With so many businesses relying on Microsoft services, the actual impact could extend considerably further.
Microsoft said portions of its infrastructure were experiencing unusually heavy loads, with servers becoming unexpectedly unavailable and causing additional problems across its network. The company began restarting affected systems and redirecting traffic in an attempt to restore service. There is currently no confirmed evidence that Thursday’s outage was caused by a cyberattack.
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