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Microsoft Outage Cost: Confusion, an Opening for Criminals, and $7 Billion in Lost Productivity

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The outage wasn’t caused by hackers, but bad actors could take advantage of the confusion to exploit affected Microsoft users.

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A GLOBAL outage of Microsoft services could cause damage of almost seven billion dollars and disrupt the business of millions of users.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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The global Microsoft outage, which began on Thursday and continued through Friday, has caused major disruptions to businesses, governments, and public services around the world. The outages affected Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other Microsoft 365 applications, and were reported in 74 countries and territories. Experts warn of the potential for billions in economic losses, although the total financial damage has not yet been determined.

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Microsoft services were disrupted worldwide on Thursday evening Lithuanian time. Email and cloud services were disrupted, and the problems continued into Friday. Here's what's new about the problems and their consequences.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Epoch Times broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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