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Microsoft to Host Cybersecurity Summit After CrowdStrike-Induced IT Outage
Microsoft has announced that it will host a summit next month that will let industry members understand how to improve cybersecurity systems, in the aftermath of a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike that left millions of Windows computers around the world in an unusable state on July 19. The gathering on September 10 at its headquarters w...
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Microsoft Says Delta Airlines' Lack of Modernised IT Delayed its Recovery After Recent Outage
Microsoft has said that Delta, unlike its competitors, apparently had not modernised its IT infrastructure that caused the airlines to struggle with recovery. Delta, however, said it has invested billions of dollars in IT capital expenditures since 2016.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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Airline Systems Across Airports Working Normally After Global IT Outage, Minister Says
Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and refunds...
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Microsoft Outage: From ATMs to Flights, Epic IT Crash Leaves Trail of Chaos
CrowdStrike's botched software update will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, after it crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems globally on Friday as for several hours, bankers, doctors, and emergency responders found themselves locked out of programs critical to keeping their operations afloat. Both Mic...
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Crowdstrike CEO Apologises for Global Tech Outage After Firm Deploys Fix for Issue
CrowdStrike on Friday announced that it has deployed a fix for an issue that caused a global tech outage impacting airlines, banking, healthcare sectors, while cybersecurity company's CEO apologised for the incident on Friday. Meanwhile, Microsoft also resolved the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services, as systems continue to...
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CrowdStrike Update Error Debacle: 5 Things to Know About Microsoft’s Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the Texas-based cybersecurity company, caused one of the biggest global outages in recent times when it led to the disruption of several Microsoft services following an update to one of its products on Friday. As the curtain draws to a close on a certainly eventful day, here are 5 things to know about the Microsoft global outage.
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CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Microsoft Outage, Affecting Services and Bringing ‘Blue Screen of Death’
CrowdStrike has caused a major global outage of Microsoft services including Windows and Office 365 following an update. The alleged issue brought the ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) to Windows devices across the world, with users unable to access the devices. Furthermore, the problem is also reported to have resulted in the disruption of service...
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Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp Reportedly Restored After Global Outage
Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after an hour-long outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.
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Instagram Back Up After Global Outage Hits Over 1,80,000 Users; Company Blames ‘Technical Issue’
"Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters.
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Netflix Suffers Outage, Streaming Service Down for Thousands of Users
Streaming giant Netflix suffered an outage on Thursday with thousands of users reporting issues with the service on Downdetector.com. There were around 1,800 reports on Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources.
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Microsoft Working on Fixing Global Outage With Teams, Outlook, Azure and Microsoft 365 Services
Microsoft on Wednesday said it was investigating an outage of its Microsoft 365 services reported by several users online. Thousands of users have been unable to access multiple services such as Outlook and Teams, according to downtime tracking website Downdetector.
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Instagram Resolves Bug That 'Suspended' User Accounts, Causing Drop in Follower Counts
Instagram users have been facing issue on the social media platform on Monday, with many reporting that their account has been suspended without any prior information. The details mentioned that the accounts were suspended for not adhering to community guidelines.
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Internet Down? Several Major Websites Went Down in Mass Outage Due to Cloudflare
Major websites are showing '500 Internal Server Error' for visitors due to a global Internet outage. Exact reason for the downtime is yet to be confirmed, though it seems to be related to some issues with CDN service Cloudflare.
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Snapchat, Spotify, Google Cloud Back Up After Brief Outage
Multiple apps such as Snapchat, Spotify, and Google Cloud appeared to be coming back online after a brief global outage on Tuesday.
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Microsoft to Host Cybersecurity Summit After CrowdStrike-Induced IT Outage
Microsoft has announced that it will host a summit next month that will let industry members understand how to improve cybersecurity systems, in the aftermath of a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike that left millions of Windows computers around the world in an unusable state on July 19. The gathering on September 10 at its headquarters w...
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Microsoft Says Delta Airlines' Lack of Modernised IT Delayed its Recovery After Recent Outage
Microsoft has said that Delta, unlike its competitors, apparently had not modernised its IT infrastructure that caused the airlines to struggle with recovery. Delta, however, said it has invested billions of dollars in IT capital expenditures since 2016.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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Airline Systems Across Airports Working Normally After Global IT Outage, Minister Says
Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and refunds...
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Microsoft Outage: From ATMs to Flights, Epic IT Crash Leaves Trail of Chaos
CrowdStrike's botched software update will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, after it crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems globally on Friday as for several hours, bankers, doctors, and emergency responders found themselves locked out of programs critical to keeping their operations afloat. Both Mic...
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Crowdstrike CEO Apologises for Global Tech Outage After Firm Deploys Fix for Issue
CrowdStrike on Friday announced that it has deployed a fix for an issue that caused a global tech outage impacting airlines, banking, healthcare sectors, while cybersecurity company's CEO apologised for the incident on Friday. Meanwhile, Microsoft also resolved the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services, as systems continue to...
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CrowdStrike Update Error Debacle: 5 Things to Know About Microsoft’s Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the Texas-based cybersecurity company, caused one of the biggest global outages in recent times when it led to the disruption of several Microsoft services following an update to one of its products on Friday. As the curtain draws to a close on a certainly eventful day, here are 5 things to know about the Microsoft global outage.
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CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Microsoft Outage, Affecting Services and Bringing ‘Blue Screen of Death’
CrowdStrike has caused a major global outage of Microsoft services including Windows and Office 365 following an update. The alleged issue brought the ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) to Windows devices across the world, with users unable to access the devices. Furthermore, the problem is also reported to have resulted in the disruption of service...
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Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp Reportedly Restored After Global Outage
Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after an hour-long outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.
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Instagram Back Up After Global Outage Hits Over 1,80,000 Users; Company Blames ‘Technical Issue’
"Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters.
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Netflix Suffers Outage, Streaming Service Down for Thousands of Users
Streaming giant Netflix suffered an outage on Thursday with thousands of users reporting issues with the service on Downdetector.com. There were around 1,800 reports on Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources.
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Microsoft Working on Fixing Global Outage With Teams, Outlook, Azure and Microsoft 365 Services
Microsoft on Wednesday said it was investigating an outage of its Microsoft 365 services reported by several users online. Thousands of users have been unable to access multiple services such as Outlook and Teams, according to downtime tracking website Downdetector.
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Instagram Resolves Bug That 'Suspended' User Accounts, Causing Drop in Follower Counts
Instagram users have been facing issue on the social media platform on Monday, with many reporting that their account has been suspended without any prior information. The details mentioned that the accounts were suspended for not adhering to community guidelines.
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Internet Down? Several Major Websites Went Down in Mass Outage Due to Cloudflare
Major websites are showing '500 Internal Server Error' for visitors due to a global Internet outage. Exact reason for the downtime is yet to be confirmed, though it seems to be related to some issues with CDN service Cloudflare.
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Snapchat, Spotify, Google Cloud Back Up After Brief Outage
Multiple apps such as Snapchat, Spotify, and Google Cloud appeared to be coming back online after a brief global outage on Tuesday.
