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Kevin Okemwa

Microsoft's Exchange Online quarantines legitimate emails mistakenly flagged as phishing — disrupting worldwide inboxes

Microsoft Exchange Online logo displayed on a Lenovo laptop screen.

A recent incident led Microsoft to identify an issue with its Exchange Online service that mistakenly flagged legitimate emails as phishing and quarantined them. "Some users' legitimate email messages are being marked as phish[sic] and quarantined in Exchange Online," added Microsoft.

The software giant traces the issue back to February 5, 2026, and says the issue continues to affect Exchange Online users, preventing them from sending or receiving emails.

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