911 services restored in Butler County after IT outage temporarily disrupted them

911 services have been restored after they were temporarily disrupted by a global IT outage.

The technology outage took down most Microsoft systems worldwide caused by a defective Crowdstrike update.

Around 1 a.m. 911 call services in Butler County were disrupted.

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All calls were routed to Hamilton County and relayed via radio, according to spokesperson for the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

The service was restored around 6:30 a.m. and the system is functioning normally, according to the spokesperson.

No 911 calls were unanswered during the outage.