Microsoft apologises for widespread outage

Caused by failed DDoS response

John Leonard
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Microsoft apologises for widespread outage
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Microsoft apologises for widespread outage

Microsoft has issued an apology for a widespread outage of services including Outlook, M365, Minecraft and Xbox Live.

The outage lasted for about 10 hours and affected users around the world. "Between approximately at 11:45 UTC and 19:43 UTC on 30 July 2024, a subset of customers may have experienced issues con...

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