Global IT outage hits transport, banks and media

The Manila Times

Global IT outage hits transport, banks and media  Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses across the world have been left scrambling by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, all caused by an update to an antivirus program. A combination of glitches affecting Microsoft Windows and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused aviation officials in the US to temporarily ground all flights and the UK government to convene its emergency COBRA committee.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #microsoft  #itoutage  #microsoftcrash

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00:00It's unfortunate, it's everywhere, can't do much about it, just trying to get to my

00:26girlfriend in Brisbane, haven't seen her in a while, so maybe just book her a new flight

00:31with Virgin if possible, gonna try my luck I guess.

00:34We were meant to fly out at 5 and then about 20 minutes ago we got the announcement that

00:41it was cancelled.

00:42So yeah, we've just been hanging around really with no information.

00:46I tried to call Jetstar as well to reschedule my flight but they said I couldn't reschedule

00:50it because I was already checked in.

00:53So yeah, we would have left ages ago.

01:23So there's actually two problems that are happening at the same time.

01:35One is with Microsoft's cloud services and then there's the problem with CrowdStrike.

01:42And as far as anyone can tell at the moment, it's just a coincidence that both of these

01:46are hitting at the same time, but it's probably the CrowdStrike problem that is causing the

01:51most damage.

02:23So yeah, it's just a coincidence that both of these are hitting at the same time, but

02:28it's probably the CrowdStrike problem that is causing the most damage.

02:31So yeah, it's just a coincidence that both of these are hitting at the same time, but

02:35it's probably the CrowdStrike problem that is causing the most damage.

02:38So yeah, it's just a coincidence that both of these are hitting at the same time, but

02:42it's probably the CrowdStrike problem that is causing the most damage.

02:45So yeah, it's just a coincidence that both of these are hitting at the same time, but

02:49it's probably the CrowdStrike problem that is causing the most damage.

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