Outage in Mimecast

2FA SMS messages not received

Resolved Minor
March 13, 2024 - Started about 2 months ago - Lasted about 7 hours

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Outage Details


Mimecast is aware a small subset of customers are not receiving Two Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages, as a result they are unable to log on to Mimecast administration console or other applications. We are investigating this issue and will post further updates here.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
about 2 months ago - at 03/13/2024 07:01AM


Mimecast is aware a small subset of customers are not receiving Two Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages, as a result they are unable to log on to Mimecast administration console or other applications. We are investigating this issue and will post further updates here.

about 2 months ago - at 03/13/2024 07:47AM


Mimecast is aware a small subset of customers are not receiving Two Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages, as a result they are unable to log on to Mimecast administration console or other applications. Mimecast continues to investigate this issues with our 3rd party SMS service provider. Customers using 2FA 3rd party authenticators such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator are not impacted. All other Mimecast services continues to operate as normal. We will provide further updates as they become available here.

about 2 months ago - at 03/13/2024 08:50AM


Our 3rd Party SMS provider has identified and mitigated the issue affecting 2FA SMS messages and we continue to monitor. Customers using 2FA 3rd party authenticators such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator remain unaffected and all other Mimecast services continues to operate as normal.

about 2 months ago - at 03/13/2024 12:16PM


Mimecast is aware that a small subset of customers are still not receiving Two Factor Authentication (2FA) SMS messages, as a result they are unable to log on to Mimecast administration console or other applications. Our 3rd Party SMS provider has identified the issues affecting 2FA SMS messages and remediation efforts are ongoing as we continue to monitor. Customers using 2FA 3rd party authenticators such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator remain unaffected and all other Mimecast services continues to operate as normal.

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