{
  "id": 19801078,
  "title": "Microsoft rules out 'malicious activity' as cause for global outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-rules-out-malicious-activity-as-cause-for-global-outage-19801078",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T07:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deutsche Welle Science",
    "slug": "deutsche-welle-science",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/microsoft-rules-out-malicious-activity-as-cause-for-global-outage/a-79935611?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams worldwide, with reports from scores of countries and territories. The software giant said that it was \"not aware\" of malicious activity that could have caused the outage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}