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. Deep DiveHome Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Microsoft told him it did not believe the outage was caused by a cyber attack.Also Read | Failed health check, elevated load, server restart: What led to the Microsoft outageThe government has activated an agreement to ensure Australia gets prioritised in restoring services, Burke said."There is good security work that is done with Microsoft as a business and when it came to the formal cyber agreements which I've signed on behalf of Australia, the first of those was with Microsoft," Burke said at the news conference.Also Read | Microsoft outage: Outlook, Copilot and Teams remain disrupted, over 200,000 user issues reportedâThat agreement has in fact been activated today to make sure that we get appropriate prioritisation of Australian interests in thisâ.MicrosoftAustraliaOutage
Australia's spy agency, federal police hit by Microsoft outage
The government has activated an agreement to ensure Australia gets prioritised in restoring services, Burke said.
