Major tech outage for Microsoft users affects airlines, businesses around the world

A major tech outage has disrupted air travel and businesses all over the world. Global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an update has affected companies using Microsoft Windows . “This is not a security incident or cyberattack," CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said. "The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”

American, Delta and United are among the airlines that grounded flights Friday morning, July 19. American and United have since lifted their ground stops. Air travel across the globe is being hit; airports in Tokyo, Amsterdam and Berlin all reported issues with their systems.

Technical issues in Britain also impacted Sky News, the London Stock Exchange and train services.

In Australia, outages were reported at banks, media outlets and telecommunication companies.

CrowdStrike sent an alert to its customers saying its “ Falcon sensor ” software caused Microsoft Windows to crash , resulting in users seeing what is commonly referred to as the “ blue screen of death .” Microsoft said it is taking “mitigation actions” to resolve the issue.

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