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    Newton affected by global network outage

    By Laura McMillan,

    20 hours ago

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    WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Newton says some of its systems are down due to a global technology outage .

    The global outage was caused when a popular cybersecurity company released a faulty update overnight. The company says it was not a cyberattack or security incident.

    The City of Newton says its Utility Billing Office, Newton Municipal Court and Engineering Office cannot take payments or access accounts.

    Widespread disruptions were not the result of security incident or cyberattack: CrowdStrike

    The City does not use the affected security software, but some vendors do.

    The vendor hopes the outage will be cleared before the end of the day but cannot estimate how long it might take.

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