Did Microsoft Copilot AI read your private emails without permission? Company responds

Microsoft has acknowledged a bug in its 365 Copilot that allowed the AI tool to access and summarize users' private emails without consent, raising significant privacy concerns.

Microsoft says Copilot was summarizing confidential emails without permission

Microsoft deployed a fix for the bug, which shows the hazards of using AI in the workplace.
Ars Technica

There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering scam spam. According to an Ars reader, the address on ...
Wall Street Journal

Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech

DAVOS, Switzerland—Rising tensions with the U.S. are spurring new plans in Europe to do something that has long seemed impossible: break with American technology in favor of homegrown alternatives.
Reuters

Microsoft says access to productivity suite restored after outage

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab said on Friday it has restored access to its suite of productivity software, while data from outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed that ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft’s 8-Hour Outage Leaves Thousands Without Email

Microsoft’s cloud empire crumbled yesterday (Jan. 22) in a devastating service disruption. The incident left businesses across North America staring at error ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files

An ongoing Microsoft outage is preventing enterprise customers from accessing email inboxes, files, meetings, and other Microsoft cloud services. The technology giant said in a post on X around 2:30 p ...
Deadline.com

Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves Users Without Email; Tech Company Working On Resolving Issue

Microsoft has found what caused an outage that crippled its services like Outlook and Teams. Thousands of users swarmed to social media to find out what was happening with their e-mails during the ...
Austin American-Statesman

Is Microsoft email down? 15,000+ users report issues with Outlook, 365 on Downdetector

Microsoft released a statement regarding a massive outage affecting its 365 products — including Microsoft 365, Outlook and Teams — on Thursday, Jan. 22. Around 2 p.m., over 15,000 users reported ...
WWLTV

Jefferson Parish president, Inspector General clash over employee email access

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — A dispute is unfolding inside Jefferson Parish government over who should be allowed to communicate directly with parish employees about reporting fraud, waste and abuse. The ...
Washington State Daily Evergreen

University removes Microsoft and email access for alumni

Beginning Jan. 1, WSU alumni no longer have access to their university email or Microsoft 365 applications. This came after “recent service changes” by Microsoft, WSU said in an email that was posted ...