Microsoft outage: CrowdStrike update affects flights, hospitals and businesses globally2024-07-19 18:02 by DanielaTags: Microsoft, CrowdStrike
Microsoft suffered a massive, ongoing IT outage on Friday morning, impacting airports, airlines, banks, hospitals and broadcasters worldwide. The Microsoft outage hit thousands of Windows PCs, which many companies and organizations rely on as part of their critical internet infrastructure. Perhaps most concerning, several US states reported that their emergency 911 call centers have been hit. Problems eased slowly throughout the day. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike George Kurtz quickly admitted on X (formerly Twitter) that the problems were caused by "a single content update for Windows hosts". He stated that the "issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed." Even though the initial cause of the outage has now been fixed by Microsoft and its partner CrowdStrike many services and businesses continue to be affected, including hospitals and flights. Microsoft first said on X that it was aware of an issue affecting people's ability to access 365 services late on Thursday. In an update issued around 1 a.m. PT (4 a.m. ET), the company said, "Multiple services are continuing to see improvements in availability as our mitigation actions progress." The company didn't immediately respond to request for further comment. In one update, it said some people had success overcoming the issue by rebooting their computers up to 15 times. Read more -here-
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