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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Friday said the global tech firm had briefed him that it was ‘not a cyber incident’ and that it seemed to have steamed from an update issue. 
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Caitlyn Rintoul

Burke says Microsoft outage ‘not a cyber incident’

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Microsoft has briefed him that their outage on Friday was not a cyber incident and instead seemed to have steamed from an update issue. 

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Friday said the global tech firm had briefed him that it was ‘not a cyber incident’ and that it seemed to have steamed from an update issue. 

Burke says Microsoft outage ‘not a cyber incident’

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