low technologyVERIFIED📡 SPREADING
Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAI
Verified: 7 outlets in 6 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 2 of them from New Zealand.
🕐 33m ago·7 outlets
‘We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact,’ Microsoft said in a statement
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 7 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
The story so far · 7 reports · · 6 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC
2 outlets from New Zealand, where the story is: 1News, RNZ · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft outage hits Outlook, Teams and Copilot, disrupting thousandseuronews.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 7:48 PM UTC · +1 h
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft’s Outlook email hit by new outagetechcrunch.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:48 PM UTC+1 h· you’re reading thisIs Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft and OpenAIindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 7:49 PM UTC+1 hMicrosoft 365, Outlook hit by major outage; global impact possiblegulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:55 PM UTC+1 hFalha na Microsoft afeta Outlook, Teams e Copilotobservador.pt ↗
- Nov 12, 7:56 PM UTC+1 hOutlook down: Global outage hits Microsoft apps1news.co.nz ↗
Verification Log
No verification data yet
Checks run automatically as new sources are ingested.
Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
96%Independent outlets5
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
◎
Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
⇄
Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
±
Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
low risk