In a major IT outage that has impacted critical services from airlines to hospitals, Windows PCs are down across the world after a CrowdStrike update.
The world is waking up to a global IT outage that has affected everything from emergency services to air travel to banks. The outage has now been linked to a faulty automated security update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings, which was pushed out to its customers’ computers. Here’s what you need to know.