Australia’s spy agency and federal police were among organisations caught up in an outage of Microsoft programmes on Friday, with the government triggering an agreement to ensure priority restoration of services.
Users worldwide have been unable to access services for hours, including Microsoft 365, Outlook and Teams. Track live updates on the Microsoft outage here.
At a news conference, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Mike Burgess and Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett confirmed their organisations have been affected.