City of Columbus still plagued with tech issues days CrowdStrike outage

The tech outages that hit the world on Friday continue to disrupt City of Columbus services.

Basic city functions such as emails, livestreaming and website updates remain affected. Unless the problems are repaired, Monday's City Council meeting will not be livestreamed.

Jennifer Fening, deputy chief of staff for Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, said "911, 311 and payroll (services) are operational. Other services are impacted."

At an unrelated news conference Monday, Ginther said the city is trying to remedy the tech issues.

"Our team is working very hard on this," he said. "We're hoping to share more in 24 to 36 hours."

The tech outages began Friday when a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked out Microsoft services across the globe. Microsoft’s “blue screen of death” upended government services and businesses including emergency call centers, banks, airlines and hospitals.

In central Ohio, the outages impacted flights at John Glenn Columbus International Airport , government operations including  Franklin County Municipal Court, Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the city's 311 service, and businesses including Nationwide insurance.

At John Glenn airport, a handful of flights were delayed Monday morning and at least one (a Delta flight to Minneapolis) was canceled, according to FlyColumbus.com .

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