{
  "id": 20177369,
  "title": "Microsoft down for 12+ hours: S’pore banks, govt systems among those hit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-down-for-12-hours-spore-banks-govt-systems-among-those-hit",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T08:49:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vulcan Post",
    "slug": "vulcan-post",
    "url": "https://vulcanpost.com/914371/microsoft-outage-singapore-impact/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft experienced a significant outage on November 12, disrupting services such as Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365 for over twelve hours. The issue affected 74 countries and territories, with Singapore experiencing a peak of 138,058 Outlook problem reports around 1PM ET. The Singapore government, including several agencies and public officers, reported disruptions in email services, which may delay responses to public inquiries. Banks, including UOB, DBS, and Maybank, also experienced email disruptions but stated that core banking operations remained unaffected. The impact on Singaporeans included difficulties in communicating with overseas colleagues and attending meetings due to the outage. Microsoft stated that there was no indication of malicious activity behind the incident and would publish a full report on the root cause.",
  "summary": "The outage has seen more than 130,000 reports around the globe so far A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Microsoft 365 and other apps for more than twelve hours on Nov 12, spreading to 74 countries and territories within an hour, according to Downdetector. The tracker logged a peak of 138,058 Outlook problem reports at […]",
  "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."
}