Latest New for Global windows outage grounds flights, hits banks and media businesses
Several major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, United, and Delta, grounded flights early Friday because of a technical problem affecting their IT systems. This issue caused disruptions at airports, banks, broadcasters, and businesses worldwide. Microsoft acknowledged a problem with Windows using cybersecurity technology from CrowdStrike. The issue has been identified and fixed, according to CrowdStrike's CEO. Some services are starting to work again, and American Airlines said it has resumed operations safely.
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Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, reported on Friday that it had discovered a problem affecting Virtual Machines running Windows Client and Windows Server with the CrowdStrike Falcon agent. These machines might experience a "B...