Minister David Seymour said “Officials are aware of reporting related to a Microsoft outage that has caused disruption globally.

“I have not currently received any reporting to indicate these issues are related to malicious cyber security activity.

“We are moving at pace to understand the potential impacts of this, which is a global issue.

”I understand emergency service lines are not impacted.

“We appreciate the inconvenience this is causing for the public, retailers and businesses. Officials across relevant government agencies are monitoring developments and will provide updates as organisations around the world work on fixing the issue.”