Microsoft rules out cyberattack as global outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot

As a global outage continued to disrupt Microsoft’s services, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, the company’s executive vice-president Charles Lamanna on Friday ruled out malicious or cyber activity as the cause, even as efforts to restore normal operations faced fresh hurdles.

“We regret that today’s outages caused disruptions for our customers, and we are working to address the issue. We will continue to share more information as soon as we have it, and for now I can confirm that there is no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity,” Lamanna said in a post on X.