It affected 74 countries... Humorous statement from Larry about Microsoft outage

Larry, who lives at 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and has become one of the most well-known cats in the country, became the center of attention on social media with a humorous post about the worldwide Microsoft outage.

In the post made from the X account managed on behalf of Larry, it was stated that "The reason for the interruption in Microsoft services has been revealed."

The post was accompanied by an animated image of a kitten biting a white cable. The joke that the cause of the malfunction was another cat gnawing on the cables quickly attracted the attention of social media users.

IT AFFECTED 74 COUNTRIES

Downdetector, which monitors outages on websites and digital services, announced that it received malfunction notifications regarding Microsoft's services from 74 countries and regions.

User complaints started to increase as of Thursday evening, November 12. Outlook, Microsoft 365, Copilot and Microsoft Teams services were especially affected by the outage.

While the highest number of notifications came from the USA, according to Downdetector data, approximately 131 thousand Outlook, 46 thousand Microsoft 365, 5 thousand 800 Copilot and 4 thousand 500 Teams users reported having problems.

STATEMENT FROM MICROSOFT

Microsoft announced that it has initiated efforts to return services to normal after the global outage and that gradual recovery has been achieved in some systems.

The company stated that the first interventions to solve the problem did not yield the expected results, and that overload and connection problems in the infrastructure were investigated.

Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna stated that there was no indication that the outage was caused by a cyber attack.

Larry's post joined the jokes on social media following the technical problem that disrupted the daily work of millions of users globally. However, the images of the cat gnawing on the cable have no connection with the actual malfunction.