Friday, November 13, 2026
Published 4:00 AM CentralClaim check
From the day's Comms chatterWhat's going around
The worldwide Microsoft outage that took down Outlook and Teams was a cyberattack.
Spreading on Questions online and in explainer headlines in the US, UK, India and elsewhere Nov 12-13 ('Is it a cyberattack?'); no single viral post or large account found
What the record says
- Microsoft Not aware of any malicious activity causing the outage.
- Executive Lamanna on X: no indication of malicious or cyber activity.
- Cause so far Servers failing health checks; no root cause published yet.
Bottom lineNo sign of a hack so far.
Sources
Microsoft 365 service status (read Nov 13)The Federal (agencies): Microsoft says attempts to fix outage 'not working as expected' (Nov 13)CNBC: Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services (Nov 12-13)Outlook India: Microsoft outage explained: what caused it and is it a cyberattack? (Nov 13)The Week (India): Microsoft Outlook outage, five latest updates (Nov 13)
This claim was checked in the Friday, November 13, 2026 report.
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