i think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. the whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what s going on. we have speed. we have a lot of other things. but i m not sure you have the kind of security you need. to borrow a phrase from our president-elect, what i can show you here tonight is the age of computer. when the computer is not working. this is tonight. the computer system for u.s. customs and border patrol apparently crashed tonight at airports all around the country. the agency says it s a temporary outage. they say they re working to fix it. customs officials say they re using alternative procedures for clearing passengers for their flights but meanwhile thousands of people using u.s. airports tonight, think of all the people coming home from the holiday weekend, lots of people need to be back at work tomorrow morning, thousands of people have been stalled at airport counters around the country tonight. people have posted pictures of epic
outage. they say they re working to fix it. customs officials say they re using alternative procedures for clearing passengers for their flights but meanwhile thousands of people using u.s. airports tonight, think of all the people coming home from the holiday weekend, lots of people need to be back at work tomorrow morning, thousands of people have been stalled at airport counters around the country tonight. people have posted pictures of epic lines in atlanta and boston and fort lauderdale. two people reportedly fainted tonight while they were trying to wait out a giant line in miami. more than 30 international flights were affected at miami. if you re wondering whether this computer outage is some sort of cyber attack on u.s. customs, so far we are not getting any word of that. we don t yet know what caused the customs computer system to crash. but whatever caused it, this is turning out to be an especially not-nice night at the airport all over the country. we ll let you know as we
the agency says it s a temporary outage. they say they re working to fix it. customs officials say they re using alternative procedures for clearing passengers for their flights but meanwhile thousands of people using u.s. airports tonight, think of all the people coming home from the holiday weekend, lots of people need to be back at work tomorrow morning, thousands of people have been stalled at airport counters around the country tonight. people have posted pictures of epic lines in atlanta and boston and fort lauderdale. two people reportedly fainted tonight while they were trying to wait out a giant line in miami. more than 30 international flights were affected at miami. if you re wondering whether this computer outage is some sort of cyber attack on u.s. customs, so far we are not getting any word of that. we don t yet know what caused the customs computer system to crash. but whatever caused it, this is turning out to be an especially not-nice night at the airport all over the
system was down and that fwhewe needed to fill out forms. i filled out the form and everything was all set after that. it was quick and easy. reporter: it s still not clear what happened and what caused the computer glitch in first place. and whether or not it could happen again. what are officials saying about the glitch. reporter: u.s. custom and border officials did handle it immediately. they put out a website. they put out statement. let s take a look. i ll show you what they said. the said the cbp took immediate action to address the technology disruption. officers processed international travelers using alternative procedures until systems were back online. the outage lasted about 9 0 minutes. i should also add there s been five glitches in just the past year alone. hacking not being involved in the problems but it does make you wonder.
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