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Microsoft global outage continues as restoration efforts falter

Microsoft says its attempts to restore services have not worked as expected, and the global outage is ongoing. The company says no malicious activity has been identified as the cause.

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What we know

The FT reports Microsoft is racing to restore services after a global outage, and the WSJ reports the company is scrambling. Microsoft confirmed no known malicious activity has been identified as the cause. A crypto news account said Microsoft admitted its fixes were not taking as expected and the outage was worsening (unconfirmed by a primary source here).

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