Microsoft outage LIVE: US rules out link between grounding of flights and Microsoft disruption

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Microsoft outage LIVE: Microsoft on Friday said the outage that triggered on Thursday was not related to cyber or AI agents. It said that the disruption was caused by a “technical issue." | World News

Microsoft outage LIVE: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Saturday dismissed speculation about a coordinated cyberattack on the United States or any link to the Microsoft outage, which triggered an hours-long ground stop at the nation's airports. "Welcome to Friday the 13th, right? You know, I want to make sure everybody understands that there is no connection between this and Microsoft. I know a lot of people are making that jump," Mullin said.

Microsoft also earlier clarified that there was no indication that the US Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide ground stop, which affected airports across the country, was related to its services.

“We have no indication that the FAA's nationwide ground stop is related to any Microsoft services.”

Microsoft said the widespread outage which disrupted Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services on Friday was triggered by a technical snag, which occurred during an earlier network capacity upgrade, and surfaced following a recent network change. It said that the particular issue had been addressed, and that a broad recovery of services was underway.

The clarification comes after an outage had disrupted Microsoft services on Friday, with users across 72 countries reporting problems. The complaints were reported across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.

The disruption, which began on Thursday, affected email access, calendar functions and workplace communication, with several businesses and government agencies reporting operational problems.

In its latest post on X, Microsoft said it was “seeing broad recovery and stability” across its services. The company said that its services were restored gradually owing to the scale of demand, adding that it had validated stability at each stage. “While this took longer, it helped ensure a stable restoration,” Microsoft said.

It added that its teams were “reviewing what happened” to prevent any such future…

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