Global IT 'disaster' affects airlines, banks and broadcasters across the world

A global IT outage is affecting major services including airlines, banks, healthcare and broadcasters across the world.

It is believed the meltdown is related to an issue at the software company Microsoft and global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike - although it is unknown if it is the same problem is affecting airports and train services across the globe.

Here's the latest update:

- A global IT outage has caused massive disruption to various services
- IT security firm CrowdStrike says it has identified the issue and deployed a fix
- This is not a security incident or cyber attack, according to the firm
- Microsoft says a resolution for Windows devices is "forthcoming" and blames a third party after it issued an update
- The UK government says its COBRA emergency team is responding to the outage

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[dondraper]

Bit of gold and a bit of cash in a safe place seems like a sensible idea…

[PickleAllergy]

Wait til it becomes permanent, and it will.

[dylanking]

So a 74 billion pound company’s software team didn’t even run their own software for a test? Even before releasing it to seeming every company in the world.

[eromarshal]

Why will the whole world entrust its IT infrastructure connection to a single company “Crowdstrike”? I just can’t work now because of this nonsense.

[Pequin]

It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th

[rfi-cryptolab]

This time it was CrowdStrike that caused a massive denial of service attack.

[lindadejonge]

People have become complacent and rely too much on technology. And when it caves in, people panic. Anything manmade can fail, so don't rely on paying everything by

[michaeldriver]

Paperwork reduction act should be re-thought out.

[Mj-hogg]

Maybe I shouldn't updated my computer!!😂

[Lucasisgoated]

We had a major layoff and then didn’t have enough people to beta test the upgrade, so yeah… ha ha ha sorry

[eugenechelsea]

Sky Net was a security system to protect against attacks. :-(

[rozaid]

What will happen if Neuralink act like this in future

[jaydee.]

People in youtube keep telling us to have/hold CASH. They have given warni gs early on

[PriceWordplay]

Stop putting all your faith in Tech, A.I. and Cameras then the world will be a better place. Your not even allowed to use cash in airports anymore because they want everything tracked and traced, then when stuff like this happens everyone goes back to the stone age. Cash is Key !!!

[newworldforward]

Almost a million views and only 39 comments??

[SincerelyVegas]

A global IT disaster hitting airlines, banks, and broadcasters all at once? That's a massive wake-up call about how connected and vulnerable our systems are. It shows we really need to tighten up and be prepared for anything.

[NankerPhelge]

SOME GOV'T SOMEWHERE DID A MASSIVE DATA SCOOP !

[larrycullen]

It's time for companies to switch to Unix/Linux based servers. The fact that Windows is such a poorly designed operating system that it requires a third party driver to protect it, makes it an undesirable platform. CrowdStrike couldn't have tested their roll out, so they are directly to blame. The fact that Windows allowed CrowdStrike to install a defective driver is Microsoft's fault. The lawyers and courts will have to sort out what the damage $ are. I switched to Linux over 15 years ago. Switching has proven to have been a great move on my part.

[songhanshan]

This is the result of Us hegemony. I am Chinese and we are not affected at all since Microsoft and its apps doesn’t affect our Internet.

[mirandakoggan]

As of 6:30 EST there not back on line, who is he kidding?