Microsoft: Services fully restored; cyberattack ruled out

The technology company announced it has finished addressing the global outage that disrupted government and business operations, confirming no foul play was involved.

Microsoft announced today (Saturday) that all services impacted by the recent global outage have returned to full operation. The disruption, considered one of the most significant IT failures in recent years, caused widespread issues for government institutions, businesses, and public services worldwide.

According to reports by the Guardian and Cointelegraph, the company confirmed that the incident stemmed from a network capacity upgrade issue and officially ruled out any connection to a cyberattack or the involvement of AI agents. Company representatives stated that they have completed efforts to address the issue for the remaining impacted customers. Further details have not yet been released.