No government systems hit by Microsoft outage

Hong Kong has so far received no reports of government systems being affected by Friday’s disruption to Microsoft services. In response to enquiries, the Digital Policy Office said it was highly concerned about the software system failure, which disrupted services including Outlook and Teams for more than 24 hours. The office said it had not yet received reports of government department systems being affected and would continue to monitor the situation closely while providing support and advice to departments. On whether Hong Kong’s critical infrastructure had been affected, the Security Bureau said the government had drawn on the experience of the mainland and other jurisdictions. Taking into account Hong Kong’s relevant legal requirements and carefully considering appropriate arrangements for information disclosure, the government – for security reasons – will not publicly disclose the list of critical infrastructure operators or related details. Edited by Azam Khan