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Global IT Outage Disrupts Transport, Healthcare, and Media

Government officials coordinate response as cybersecurity firms work to resolve software flaw causing widespread chaos.

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Overview

  • Airlines, train companies, and banks among those impacted by the global IT outage.
  • Emergency Cobra meetings held to address the situation, with ministers staying updated.
  • Transport networks in the UK face significant delays; GP surgeries struggle to access patient records.
  • Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is actively fixing the faulty software update responsible for the outage.
  • Calls for improved digital infrastructure to prevent future incidents are growing louder.