Global tech outage takes down major services impacting airlines and more

A massive IT outage is causing disruptions across the world, impacting flights, banks and other major institutions.

Microsoft 365 said early Friday that services were starting to return to normal.

"The underlying cause has been fixed, however, residual impact is continuing to affect some Microsoft 365 apps and services. We're conducting additional mitigations to provide relief," the company said.

The outage was linked to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The company's CEO said the outage was not due to a security incident.

"CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack," CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said. "The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed... Our team is fully mobilized to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers."

Amid the outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said that several airlines have requested assistance with ground stops for their fleets until the issue is resolved.

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[MustertheBrohirrim]

It's almost like one mega corporation shouldn't control the majority of anything.

[MorganMorgan-th]

We've been corralled into a digital prison

[christophfrei]

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

[canterburytells]

I guess no one remembers life before the Internet? I wouldn't mind going back.

[distantandvague]

I'm surprised Microsoft users could tell the difference from any ordinary day

[TwistedOmYoga]

Maybe hire more workers and make it standard, old school usually always works

[vinny]

As I sit here and watch this....on the internet.

[travisrainey]

Is this the thing where Windows/Microsoft seems to be not working this morning?

[therealghostgirl]

Healthcare electronic record databases are out as well.

[mistervacation]

That first picture was not from the Milwaukee Airport it was from Harry Reid

[davidbarraco]

Crowd strike.
Software let that sink in

[hunknwn]

It's important to note, the Internet is not down. The Internet is a tool like a road, and most likely runs on Linux 😊

[kwanelekhumalo]

Apple, Linux remain unaffected time and time again.

[JustMe-lnje]

Did all you ladies use the same magic marker template on your eye brows?