Global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike update disrupts flights, banks, retail, and media.

A global IT outage disrupted numerous industries worldwide, impacting flights, banks, retailers, and media outlets. The outage was triggered by a faulty update pushed by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, affecting some Microsoft systems and causing massive disruption across multiple sectors, including grounding airplanes, forcing hospitals to cancel non-emergency procedures, causing issues with some banking systems, and interrupting television broadcasts.

July 19, 2024
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