Earlier today on Friday, cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike experienced a major disruption, the company told NBC, following an issue with its latest tech update.
CNN reports, “Tech disruptions worldwide have hit airlines, banks, businesses, and even emergency services.” labeling this a total global internet outage.
Airlines have canceled flights, delayed services, and advised passengers not to travel.
George Kurtz, the company’s CEO, has declared that his company is “actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” noting that Mac and Linux hosts are not affected.
UK retailers even impacted by IT outage
Several major U.K. companies experienced significant disruptions due to an IT outage. Food retailer Waitrose temporarily halted contactless payments but soon resumed all payment methods.
Other retailers like Co-op resorted to cash-only payments as the outage affected both self-checkout and cashier systems. Social media posts showed “cash-only” signs in various stores and bakery chain Gail’s reportedly stopped accepting card payments during the incident.
Companies all over the world are affected by this tech outage. Even being quoted as one of the largest IT outages in history.
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