Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 14 -- The widespread disruption of Microsoft services across several countries on November 12 and 13 has underscored the need to strengthen the resilience of global digital infrastructure through an engineering-led approach to cybersecurity.
Services including Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 and Copilot reportedly experienced interruptions, with preliminary assessments pointing to internal infrastructure and configuration-related issues rather than a cyberattack.
Server overload, traffic redistribution and cascading technical failures were among the factors reportedly complicating the restoration of services.
The incident highlights how a major disruption to digital infrastructure can occur even without m...