Widespread Microsoft services outage not caused by cyberattack — vice president

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According to Charles Lamanna, the company is working to resolve the issue

NEW YORK, November 13. /TASS/. Widespread disruptions to the services of US corporation Microsoft were not caused by hackers or any other external interference, company Vice President Charles Lamanna said.

"For now I can confirm that there is no indication this is the result of malicious or cyber activity," he wrote on his X social media page. Lamanna also said that the company was already working to resolve the issue.

Earlier, Downdetector, a service that tracks the activity of popular online platforms, reported a surge in complaints about Microsoft services from users in 74 countries and territories.

Complaints began coming in on Thursday evening from users experiencing disruptions to several Microsoft services. Most of the reports came from the United States. At the time, 131,000 users reported problems with Outlook, 46,000 with Microsoft 365, 5,800 with Copilot and 4,500 with Microsoft Teams.

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