Microsoft announces service 'restored,' global outage over
Verified: 151 outlets in 79 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 12 of them from the United States.
Tech giant Microsoft said on Saturday it had "restored service" to customers, effectively bringing to a close a massive outage that caused chaos and disrupted public services and businesses around the world.
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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.
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12 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News and 9 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 15, 12:15 AM UTC+2 dMicrosoft restores services after worldwide outagecbc.bb ↗
- Nov 15, 3:01 AM UTC+2 dMicrosoft restores 365 services globally after disruption; warns of phishing campaign exploiting outagetimesofoman.com ↗
- Nov 15, 3:28 AM UTC+2 d· you’re reading thisMicrosoft announces service 'restored,' global outage overnews.cgtn.com ↗
- Nov 15, 3:29 AM UTC+2 dMicrosoft apologizes for global outage, rules out cyberattacknews.cgtn.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Microsoft global outage and its restoration, with no conflicting facts.
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