Microsoft outage causes global chaos
Verified: 107 outlets in 60 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.
How sure are we
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
9 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 6 more · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:48 PM UTCFirst reportGlobal outage hits Microsoft's Outlookrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 12, 6:50 PM UTC+2 minOutlook email outage affects users around the worldthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:44 PM UTC+56 minBreaking: Microsoft platforms suffering widespread outages, including Outlookabc.net.au ↗
- Nov 13, 2:34 PM UTC+20 h· you’re reading thisMicrosoft outage causes global chaosjamaicaobserver.com ↗
- Nov 13, 2:39 PM UTC+20 hMicrosoft global outage: Services gradually restored in Europe after hours of disruption across 70 countriesen.protothema.gr (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 3:08 PM UTC+20 hMicrosoft struggling to fix major global outagenationwideradiojm.com ↗
- Nov 13, 3:10 PM UTC+20 hMicrosoft Outage Disrupts Email and Online Services Worldwidesamoaglobalnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 3:35 PM UTC+21 hGlobal Microsoft 365 outage disrupts Portuguese government, health services and schoolseuronews.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same worldwide Microsoft Outlook/email outage, differing only in user-count figures and local angle, which do not conflict.
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