00:00A global Microsoft outing has disrupted work for around 10 hours
00:03and the company says its latest fix isn't working as expected
00:08so the disruption could continue
00:09Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services has been affected
00:15Down Detector recorded reports from 74 countries and territories
00:19with U.S. reports for Outlook peaking at 130,000
00:24businesses and government agencies have also reported problems
00:27Japan said its shared government IT platform has been affected
00:31although officials there said agencies were able to keep operating
00:36using alternative ways to communicate
00:37Microsoft says it is working to increase capacity and restore service
00:42but has not reported a sustained recovery
00:45It has also said there is no indication the outage was caused by cyber attacks
00:49Some connections to AI services including tools from OpenAI and Anthropic were also affected
00:56Banks are warning customers to stay on alert from scammers exploiting the disruptions
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