Microsoft announced widespread recovery and increased stability across its 365 cloud services after an outage lasting more than 20 hours disrupted email, Teams, and digital operations worldwide. The company apologized for the downtime and reaffirmed that the disruption was caused by infrastructure traffic overload rather than a cyberattack or artificial intelligence issue.
In Portugal, the Confederation of Portuguese Business (Confederação Empresarial de Portugal or CIP) reported operational disruptions across multiple sectors that forced companies to postpone tasks and rely on phones and faxes. Portugal's National Cybersecurity Centre (Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança or CNCS) monitored the incident and advised organizations to remain alert to phishing and fraud attempts following the disruption.
