A global internet outage is affecting airlines, banks, media and offices from the US to Australia. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the problem believed to be causing the outage is not a security incident or cyberattack and that a fix is in the works. The company said the issue was caused when a flawed update was applied to computers running Microsoft Windows. Check your flight status here DownDectector, a website that tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded an increase in service outages for Visa, ADT Security, Amazon, and airlines such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company is “actively working with customers affected by the flaw found in a Windows host single content update.” He said, “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.” The outage is causing major problems for nearly everything, from airlines to banks to 911 call centers, including Cincinnati. The outage is causing flight delays and cancellations around the world. Some flights have been delayed or canceled at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Despite the delays, travelers were able to check in. Allegiant Air said all flights before 2 p.m. were canceled. CVG spokesperson Mindy Kirschner urged travelers to check the status of their flights before heading to the airport. She said flights are taking off, but some have been delayed or canceled. Kirschner said the airport has an operations team roaming the ticketing area to keep travelers updated and help where they can. Firefighters are roaming the airport and handing out water. An Amazon official at KCVG said there were no flight delays due to the Microsoft outage.
A global internet outage is affecting airlines, banks, media and offices from the US to Australia.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the problem it believes caused the outage was not the result of a security incident or cyberattack and that a fix was in the works. It said the problem was caused by a flawed update applied to computers running Microsoft Windows.
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Downdetector, a website that tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded an increase in service disruptions for Visa, ADT Security, Amazon and airlines including American Airlines and Delta Airlines.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company is “actively working with customers affected by the flaw found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
“This is not a security incident or cyber attack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” he said.
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The outage is causing major problems for just about everything, including Cincinnati, from airlines to banks to 911 call centers.
The outage has caused delays and cancellations of flights around the world.
Some flights have been delayed or canceled at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, but travelers are still able to check in despite the delays.
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Allegiant Air has announced that all flights before 2 p.m. are canceled.
CVG spokeswoman Mindy Kirschner urged travelers to check flight status before heading to the airport, saying flights are departing, but some are delayed or canceled.
Kirshner said the airport has operations teams patrolling ticket booths to keep travelers updated and to help where they can, and firefighters are roaming the airport handing out water.
An Amazon representative at KCVG said no flights were delayed due to the Microsoft outage.
