The Companys Ceo apologised for the outage, saying it was not the result of a Security Incident or cyber attack. Although crowdstrike has resolved the issue, the company warns it could take some time before systems are back up and running. Our Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman takes a look at what exactly happened and how it affected patients, passengers and businesses. The world woke up this morning to global chaos. Massive Tech Outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices. Thousands of flights grounded globally, long queues, frustrated passengers. There was nothing on the boards. There was nothing. There was no ground staff. In the uk, doctors surgeries forced to let down patients. Were going to have to cancel your appointment. Businesses unable to serve customers. Well, i tried to receive a Credit Card Payment and it just would not accept it Credit Card and debit card. And Tv Programmes abruptly taken off air. The cause . At crowdstrike, we monitor trillions of cyber events. A s
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All the backlogs are cleared. While some Airline Services are beginning to return to normal after thousands of flights were cancelled, operators expect some delays and cancellations to persist through the weekend. And many businesses are now dealing with backlogs and missed orders that could take days to resolve. The global chaos has sparked concern over the vulnerability of the worlds interconnected technologies, and the extent to which a single Software Glitch could have such widespread impact. And the uks national cyber Security Centre is warning that scammers could attempt to take advantage of the widespread computer problems. Vinny mcaviney has the latest. A day of worldwide it chaos, thanks to an update meant to protect systems but which instead paralysed them with this Blue Screen. Train services and airports were badly affected with thousands of flights grounded all over the globe, from the uk To Asia and the us. This Flight Radar data shows us Skies Emptying out as the outage
Operators expect some delays and cancellations to persist through the weekend. And many businesses are now dealing with backlogs and missed orders that could take days to resolve. The global chaos has sparked concern over the vulnerability of the worlds interconnected technologies, and the extent to which a single Software Glitch could have such widespread impact. And the uks national cyber Security Centre is warning that scammers could attempt to take advantage of the widespread computer problems. Vinny mcaviney has the latest. A day of worldwide it chaos, thanks to an update meant to protect systems but which instead paralysed them with this Blue Screen. Train services and airports were badly affected with thousands of flights grounded all over the globe, from the uk To Asia and the us. This Flight Radar data shows us Skies Emptying out as the outage took hold. Delays and cancellations are expected to persist for several days. Here, Medicine Deliveries to pharmacies were disrupted an