Global Tech Outage Caused by Faulty Update from CrowdStrike
A major tech outage caused chaos globally, with Microsoft systems crashing due to a faulty update from CrowdStrike. Airports, supermarkets, and airlines were affected, leading to handwritten boarding passes and long queues. The outage impacted British GP services, German hospitals, Australian banks, and the Paris Olympics IT system. CrowdStrike CEO confirmed the issue and reassured that it was not a security incident.
Key Points
- Major tech outage caused chaos globally
- Microsoft systems crashed due to a faulty update from CrowdStrike
- Airports, supermarkets, airlines, British GP services, German hospitals, Australian banks, and the Paris Olympics IT system were impacted
- CrowdStrike CEO confirmed the issue and reassured it was not a security incident