Cause of global Microsoft outage discovered. And just who is responsible for ending work early on a Friday? You guessed it; Frank Stallone

by Jove 19 July 2024

International IT outage hits UK's transport, banking and broadcasting infrastructure — The International IT outage has hits UK’s transport, banking and broadcasting infrastructure (PA)

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has uncovered the cause of a major global IT outage that has plunged the world into chaos.

The tech giant, which has been named in relation to an outage impacting Microsoft users around the world, says it has identified the issue as a defect in a single content update.

CrowdStrike say they have isolated the bug and deployed a fix. They have confirmed the outage was not caused by a cyberattack.

A blue error screen on a register is seen at a departmental store affected by a cyber outage in Brisbane, Australia, July 19, 2024. AAP Image/Jono Searle via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. NEW ZEALAND OUT. AUSTRALIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. — A blue error screen on a register is seen at a departmental store affected by a cyber outage in Brisbane, Australia, July 19, 2024 (Picture: REUTERS)

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