With banks and airlines impacted by a global cyber outage, a faulty update from a cybersecurity firm is believed to be the cause.
A number of banks, airlines, and other digital service providers are experiencing issues as part of a larger global cyber outage.While a number of reasons have been cited as the cause, it may be the result of a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.and its systems being unavailable nationwide as part of a massive outage.
CrowdStrike is aware of the issue, even going so far as to action a fix, but with most affected services still down, it does not appear to have worked at the time of writing. “We have widespread reports of BSODs on Windows hosts, occurring on multiple sensor versions,” a support note posted on its customer portal explained at 18:00 last night South African time.
With numerous online service providers and companies still struggling with connectivity, this global cyber outage remains a developing story.Editor of Hypertext. Covers smartphones, IoT, 5G, cloud computing and a few things in between. Also a keen photographer and dabbles in console games when not taking the hatchet to stories.Hypertext is one of South Africa’s leading technology news and reviews sites. We publish original content daily for consumers and businesses.
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