Global Cyber Outage and Its Impact on Airlines, Banks, and Healthcare

A CrowdStrike software update disrupted global systems, grounding flights and halting services from banks to healthcare.

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The issue affected users of Microsoft's Windows OS, but was quickly fixed by Microsoft.

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CrowdStrike's CEO confirmed it wasn't a cyberattack, and the company worked on deploying a fix.

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Major U.S. airlines and airports worldwide experienced delays and disruptions due to the outage.

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Banks, financial services, and markets from Australia to Germany reported transaction issues.

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The outage affected healthcare booking systems in Britain and disrupted Sky News broadcasts.

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Airports globally resorted to manual check-ins, causing delays but no flight cancellations.

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Explore Sectrio's global threat report to learn about cyber attacks around the world.

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