US hospitals cancel surgeries due to global tech outage caused by faulty CrowdStrike update.

Global technology outage hits US hospitals, cancelling surgeries and procedures. The outage, caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, affected major hospital systems across the US, including Kaiser Permanente, Banner Health, and RWJBarnabas Health. Many hospitals opted to cancel elective and non-emergency surgeries, with emergency departments remaining open. The issue has been resolved, and CrowdStrike has since deployed a fix.

July 19, 2024
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