Security News > 2023 > August > Microsoft DNS boo-boo breaks Hotmail for users around the globe

Infosec in brief Someone at Microsoft has some explaining to do after a messed up DNS record caused emails sent from Hotmail accounts Microsoft Outlook Hotmail accounts to be rejected and directed to spam folders overnight beginning Thursday.

Microsoft support forum advisors confirmed that the issue was known, which was further confirmed by a look at the Office service status page.

Not long after that was posted, Microsoft indicated configuration changes were complete and the problem was fixed.

Microsoft didn't respond to our questions about the incident, only saying the issue had been resolved.

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