A widespread Microsoft outage linked to cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.
The website DownDectector, which tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded growing outages in services at Visa, ADT security and Amazon, and major U.S. carriers including Delta and United.that the company “is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”He said: “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.