Microsoft Outlook customers across the globe are currently facing a widespread blackout, with both web and app users reportedly affected, and no clarity as yet from the email provider

Is Outlook down again? As the outage stretches into the afternoon, the global community waits for a formal update from Microsoft regarding the Hotmail outage.

A statement has been issued by Microsoft after millions of users have found themselves unable to use Outlook services today.

If you're having trouble logging into your Hotmail account today, you're definitely not the only one. Millions of users around the world have been facing issues with Microsoft’s email service since early Thursday morning,