Global tech outage affects flights, health care, state agencies in Minnesota
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A global computer glitch apparently triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused widespread global outages late Thursday, July 18, and into Friday morning.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz confirmed Friday morning that his company was working to resolve the problem.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” he wrote on X.
Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages.
Microsoft issued a statement saying the problem was being investigated while cautioning that users “may be unable to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services.”...
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