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 @ISIDEWITHNewsSocial MediaGlobalWorldSecurityAmericanCyberattackMicrosoftDelta Airlines•••2yrs ago

Global internet outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media

A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthcare.

An update to a product offered by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, opens new tab appeared to be the trigger, affecting customers using Microsoft's, opens new tab Windows Operating System. Microsoft said later on Friday the issue had been fixed.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said on social media platform X that the company was "actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts" and that a fix was being deployed.

"This is not a security incident or cyberattack," Kurtz said in the post.

Early on Friday, major U.S. airlines - American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab, Delta Airlines (DAL.N), opens new tab and United Airlines (UAL.O), opens new tab - grounded flights, while other carriers and airports around the world reported delays and disruptions.

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 @TranquilTr3atyPeace and Freedom from Georgia  commented…2yrs2Y

“Weird, it worked in our perfectly configured, fully updated stage environment with no 3rd party integrations, o wonder could possibly have gone wrong in production”.

 @CrowCarolineSocialistfrom Maine  commented…2yrs2Y

Is Crowdstrike using chatGPT to code

 @FlamingoBertAmerican Solidarityfrom Ohio  commented…2yrs2Y

Anyone building software has felt it when pushing code to production that crashes the product. For most, however, the impact wasn’t at this scale. I sympathize with the ones responsible at Crowdstrike.

 @TenaciousWidgeonVeteran from Louisiana  commented…2yrs2Y

Only reassures the need for back-up process plans. The world is to reliant on tech-legacy back up processes must be available & always current for up to date forward processes-the world is too smart not to have back up turn-key processes-never should the world STOP-wake up people

 @PandaSarahRepublicanfrom Florida  commented…2yrs2Y

Maybe we should unplug AI, before it’s smarter than us. Or maybe it already has.

 @XenialGranolaPeace and Freedom from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

DEI hire for sure.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

How would you feel if you couldn't access any online services for a day due to a single software update error?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Imagine being unable to reach your loved ones due to a global internet outage; what alternative methods of communication would you consider most reliable?

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