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I was waiting for a flight home at the Pittsburgh International Airport just after the worldwide IT outage hit and experienced first-hand the frustration and anxiety airline passengers have felt around the world

'I'm trapped at the airport due to CrowdStrike Microsoft outage — inside my nightmare journey home'

ABC News

Several major hospitals and health systems across the United States reported being impacted by Friday's global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike.

At least 12 major hospitals, health systems affected by global IT outage

Business Insider

A mass IT outage has affected flights, banks, and media outlets around the world, causing widespread disruption.

Mass IT outage: here's a list of companies and operations affected

The Independent

Businesses and institutions around the world have been been knocked offline after a major IT outage, believed to have been caused by a faulty update to widely used cybersecurity software.The outage is “causing disruption in the majority of GP practices” in England but there is currently no known impact on 999 or emergency services, NHS England said.The health service said patients should attend appointments unless told otherwise and should only contact their GP if it was urgent.The NHS is aware of a global IT outage and an issue with a GP appointment and patient record system.If you have an appointment...

Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline

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New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Lancaster County, PA

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NewsByJoshua

Fans of Frisco's Chicken were left reeling as the beloved Peruvian-style eatery announced the closure of all its locations in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The chain, known for its delicious food and strong community values, posted a heartfelt note on its doors, informing customers of the devastating news.

Favorite Chicken Chain Suddenly Closes All Stores, Heartfelt Message Found on Doors

Louisville Public Media

The problem affected airline communications, causing the Federal Aviation Administration to ground major carriers in the U.S., including American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines.

Widespread technology outage disrupts flights and banking around the world

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Scottsbluff, NE

CrowdStrike’s routine software update has temporarily put airlines, banks and businesses off the grid on Friday. In Nebraska, people across the state were navigating the technological issue. A failed update on the company’s Microsoft Windows software created the cyber outage. Its Mac and Linux operating systems are both operating....

CrowdStrike outage impacts airports, banks and businesses in Nebraska

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Microsoft 365 says its taking “mitigation actions” amid a global outage that has left people unable to access apps and services — including major airlines, trains and banks. Airlines including Delta, United and Ryanair, TV networks such as Sky News in the UK, businesses, train services and...

Global Microsoft IT outage impacts banks, businesses and airlines

North Carolina State

Town Talks

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Air travel in the U.S. is a busy business, one that sees 45,000 flights serving 2.9 million each day, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Our frenzied skies got a little calmer early Friday morning however, as the CrowdStrike software outage impacted United, Delta and American Airlines—the three largest airlines in the U.S.

Watch Air Traffic Disintegrate In Real Time From The CrowdStrike Outage

Reuters

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government said on Friday that its air traffic control was not impacted by an international cyber outage, although there were some flight delays, while other firms dealt with disruptions in the country.

Brazil air traffic control not affected by global outage, but some flights delayed

Starting Thursday evening and rolling into Friday morning, a Microsoft outage began crippling airlines, banks, health care and energy companies across the world, resulting for many in a "blue screen of death." CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software protects small businesses and large companies from cyberattacks and other online threats,...

How to Fix Your Windows PC Affected by the CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death

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CrowdStrike founder and CEO George Kurtz is offering up an apology for his company's software update that sparked a global cyber outage.

Global Cyber Outage: CEO Apologizes After Update Impacts Flights, Banks, More

A major tech outage on Friday caused flights to be grounded, banks to go offline, and media outlets to stop broadcasting, affecting companies and services worldwide. This highlighted our reliance on software from a few providers. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike stated that the outage was not due to a security incident or cyberattack, according to CBS News.

CrowdStrike Global Tech Outage: Flights Grounded, Companies Disrupted

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Ocilla, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

Major airlines, media organizations, businesses and police forces around the world are currently being affected by a massive information technology glitch caused by a problem with Microsoft cloud computing services early Friday. Flights have been grounded in several countries and stores and broadcasters in several countries went offline as the...

Mass IT outage hits airports, businesses and broadcasters around the world

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Microsoft-CrowdStrike Outage Causes IT Nightmare Across Airports, Banks and Hospitals Globally

Microsoft suffered a massive, ongoing IT outage on Friday morning, impacting airports, airlines, banks, hospitals and broadcasters worldwide. The Microsoft outage hit thousands of Windows PCs,...

Microsoft-CrowdStrike Outage Causes IT Nightmare Across Airports, Banks and Hospitals Globally

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