As can be seen from numerous reports on the Downdetector fault platform, thousands of users are currently struggling with outages in Microsoft's cloud services. The Outlook email service and Microsoft 365 applications are particularly affected.

Many people work with SAP Group programs on a daily basis. Others own its shares - and they are soaring. This pays off for the Group's managers in particular.

Amazon unveiled its first processor for quantum computing on Thursday. According to the company, the chip developed under the name "Ocelot" is intended to help develop highly efficient quantum systems. The announcement comes just a week after Microsoft unveiled its own quantum chip.

CrowdStrike has denied allegations of a data leak. A hacker named "Rey" recently claimed in a well-known hacker forum that he had penetrated the company's systems and stolen employee data. Now the cybercriminal is also admitting to the forgery.

Australia has banned government officials from using software from the Russian cyber security company Kaspersky. The reason given is that the software poses an "unacceptable security risk".

With the election of Donald Trump, golden crypto times seemed to be dawning. However, since his inauguration, the Bitcoin price has mainly been moving downwards - partly due to the spectacular Bybit hack.

One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bybit, has fallen victim to a serious hacker attack. The unknown attackers stole digital currencies worth around 1.5 billion US dollars.

In the course of a hacker attack on its communications systems, the US mining company NioCorp fell victim to a Business Email Compromise (BEC).