A psychic known as the ‘Prophet of Doom’ has warned that this week's Microsoft outage could be just the beginning of a series of cyberattacks. Craig Hamilton-Parker, who claims he predicted the outage, has suggested the incident may signal the start of something bigger.
Microsoft Outage Hits Global Users
On Friday, November 13, Microsoft products including Teams, Outlook, and its AI software Copilot suffered major outages worldwide, disrupting operations for thousands of companies. Microsoft has since apologised for the incident but stated it did not believe the outage was related to a cyberattack.
Following the disruption, Hamilton-Parker posted a video on his YouTube channel presenting clips from his past shows in which he claims he foresaw the event. He said: “I’ve been making a number of predictions about some major cyberattacks. Perhaps today’s outage, as they’re calling it, is a bit of a reminder about what’s ahead, but I’ve been sort of arguing for a while that we’re already under a cyberattack.”
Past Predictions Highlighted
Among the videos he shared, three stood out, dating from March 2025 to November 2026, in which Hamilton-Parker expressed concern about the world’s vulnerable digital infrastructure.
In March 2025, he predicted: “I feel we’re under attack. There’s a secret war going on. My feeling is there will be some form of outage, some form of compromise. I get the feeling there’s going to be something bigger than that [the X outage] though. Something that hits all of us. Something that might hit the Windows system or might hit Apple or hit something perhaps interface of some sort that’s important to us. I feel it’s something like our own computers where we’ve got to be very very careful, so back up your data guys.”
In September 2026, he raised concerns again, suggesting an attack may already be underway: “The next type of cyberattack we’re likely to get is going to be devastating, because it might have already happened and it might just be sat there waiting. It could be into all sorts of things.”
Warnings on Banks and Infrastructure
Last month, just weeks before the outage, Hamilton-Parker emphasised the importance of cyberattacks: “The cyberattacks are also very important because I’ve been saying I feel there’ll be a cyberattack on the banks and we’ve also had it on the supermarkets, but we could be getting it soon on internet and electricity. All could be affected.”
In a statement to the BBC following the incident, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "The incident was introduced by an issue during an earlier network capacity upgrade that surfaced following a recent network change. We have addressed the underlying issue and continue to restore service to remaining customers and regions." The company said it would publish a full report on the cause of the outage.
