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Microsoft outage an urgent wakeup call for greater digital resilience

Headline via The Siasat Daily · first report 14 Nov, 12:35 IST, latest 14 Nov, 15:49 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from The Siasat Daily at 14 Nov, 12:35 IST; the latest is from The Hindu BusinessLine at 14 Nov, 15:49 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by2 news organisations
First report14 Nov, 12:35 IST
Latest report14 Nov, 15:49 IST
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London: Friday the 13th turned out to be very unlucky indeed for Microsoft. A major outage of the tech giant’s services put a halt to digital communication for millions across the world. So after UK government warnings to prepare for a possible cyber-attack…
The diruption in Microsoft’s services highlights the risks of market concentration, where a few powerful corporations are responsible for providing and maintaining most digital services

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