Global IT outage grounds planes and sends broadcasters off air

CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin and Becky Quick report on the latest news.

[MullerNita]

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[MyCatAnd]

Honestly, this situation makes me uneasy, especially with the potential depression, not just a recession. I'm not sure about my $130K investment strategy given the economic uncertainty.

[normanhopkins]

Keeping Broadcasters off the air might be a new feature.

[psalm.]

"You've reached the end of the internet"
-The IT Crowd

[tidy]

This is why you don't update immediately! Wait a while and see how the update works!

[lightcycle]

"Crowd Strike" really earned its name

[ericeandco]

It’s outrageous something like this can happen in the first place. What happened to redundancy in systems?

[kennybatayola]

Short the market now!!! This is just a tip of the iceberg!!!

[shelahogletree]

I call bull shiz. They don’t just sent an update out to millions without sending a small test first. This was more than an oopsie

[heavyd]

...and suddenly all the people began to look away from their devices and talk to each other. People smiled and greeted one another and their was peace throughout the land.

[xrzmcxr]

World is over dependent on Internet. World must have other alternatives

[Don-ejco]

They’re preparing for November 2024 on how to tap those machines.

[AH-fmrj]

What if payment systems get shutdown for 24 hours?

[davidlowe]

Looks like Crowdstrike accidentally bricked the world. Should we now be investing in Palo Alto networks?

[andyd]

A bit late to the party guys, this all started last night in Europe, guess it is the time difference.

[billlamanteer]

All this is very interesting to say the least.

[godzillamothra]

this is why it is dangerous to rely on foreign company for your IT need

[troyounces]

Vulnerability probably shouldn’t be advertised quite like this.

[TwstrFat]

I thought I read Counter-Strike... I need some sleep...

[pilotdave]

The cyber security architect says for the past 30 years" "Windoze security is job security for me" - true... The industries that got rid of their mainframes ( COBAL code is secure to this day, and IRS, Ford, GM, Chrysler will NEVER get rid of their mainframes in our life time) and Unix sytems (secure much more than Windoze) put their cyber posture at a lower priority.