Microsoft rules out hacker attack; systems remain unstable
Graduated in journalism from Veiga de Almeida University and with a postgraduate degree in financial and capital markets from Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Worked at TradeNews before becoming a reporter for Revista Oeste.
TL;DR
- Microsoft services experienced widespread instability from November 12-13, 2026.
- Platforms affected include Outlook, Teams, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Store, and Copilot.
- The instability was caused by a sudden and unexpected unavailability of a large number of servers.
- Microsoft is implementing fixes and working to increase capacity using virtual machines.
- The company has ruled out a hacker attack as the cause of the disruptions.