From Microsoft 365 to CrowdStrike - Biggest tech outages that almost brought the world to a standstill

Mint - Nov 15, 2026

A Microsoft 365 outage that began November 12 disrupted email and other services for days before being resolved Saturday. It joins a series of major global technology failures in recent years, including incidents affecting Windows devices, Meta platforms, AWS, and Google.

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