{
  "id": 19798361,
  "title": "Microsoft faces a major Outlook outage: ‘no signs of a cyberattack’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-faces-a-major-outlook-outage-no-signs-of-a-cyberattack",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T10:53:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24 Business",
    "slug": "france-24-business",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261113-microsoft-faces-a-major-outlook-outage-no-signs-of-a-cyberattack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft said \"malicious\" activity was not to blame for an Outlook outage that left users around the world without its crucial services on Friday, November 13, but reported making headway in fixing the massive disruption. Businesses, governments and likely millions of individuals have been without services like Outlook email for over half a day, triggering wide-ranging consequences.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "What we know about the global Microsoft outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-we-know-about-the-global-microsoft-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T08:01:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "What we know about the global Microsoft outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-we-know-about-the-global-microsoft-outage-19787148",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:05:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "In the news today: Microsoft outage, plane loses wheel, Carney heads to Manila",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/in-the-news-today-microsoft-outage-plane-loses-wheel-carney-heads-to",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:30:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-hit-by-global-outages-what-happened-and-why",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:30:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Business",
        "title": "Microsoft crisis: What we know about the 365 outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-crisis-what-we-know-about-the-365-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T10:27:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Microsoft outage: Outlook still down Friday morning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-outlook-still-down-friday-morning",
        "published": "2026-11-13T11:07:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Microsoft outage disrupts Asia-Pacific business despite partial server recovery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-disrupts-asia-pacific-business-despite-partial",
        "published": "2026-11-13T11:16:57.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}