Microsoft 365 Outage – Watch out for phishing attempts
Friday 13 November 2026
UPDATED 4.30pm
Microsoft is making progress restoring its services which have been experiencing issues globally today.
Please be aware when they do come back online that hackers often increase their activity after outages.
Be on the look out for phishing attempts from unfamiliar addresses containing links and any requests that seem out of the ordinary.
If something looks suspicious report it to our team so we can provide support.
There are online exams scheduled next week. At this stage, we are planning for those to proceed as planned.
However, we are continuing to monitor this situation closely. We will provide further updates if it appears that this outage will have an impact on assessments scheduled for Monday.
Thank you again for your patience.
Ngā mihi,
Digital Team – MIT and Unitec
