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A Microsoft outage is rippling across the United Kingdom today, hitting GP surgeries, pharmacies, and police services — the kind of infrastructure people depend on daily. Major airports and intelligence services appear unaffected, and the government says it is still assessing how far the disruption reaches.
Closer to the source, Microsoft has also confirmed that its November Patch Tuesday security updates are breaking Windows activation and licensing on affected machines, throwing up error code zero x eight zero zero four one zero zero eight. The company has acknowledged the issue, though a full fix has yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, OpenAI is stepping further into the cybersecurity arena, unveiling two new tools called Daybreak Red Team and Defense Factory. Daybreak uses AI agents to probe web applications for vulnerabilities, while Defense Factory takes those findings and works toward preparing patches — essentially putting AI on both sides of the security equation, which raises as many questions as it answers.
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