Global IT 'disaster' affects airlines, banks and broadcasters across the world

A global IT outage is affecting major services including airlines, banks, healthcare and broadcasters across the world. It is believed the meltdown is related to an issue at the software company Microsoft and global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike - although it is unknown if it is the same problem is affecting airports and train services across the globe. Here's the latest update: - A global IT outage has caused massive disruption to various services - IT security firm CrowdStrike says it has identified the issue and deployed a fix - This is not a security incident or cyber attack, according to the firm - Microsoft says a resolution for Windows devices is "forthcoming" and blames a third party after it issued an update - The UK government says its COBRA emergency team is responding to the outage Follow live updates on the Sky News website: https://news.sky.com/story/it-outage-what-has-been-impacted-and-where-13180839 #Outage #Global #BreakingNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

Global IT 'disaster' affects airlines, banks and broadcasters across the world
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A global IT outage is affecting major services including airlines, banks, healthcare and broadcasters across the world.

It is believed the meltdown is related to an issue at the software company Microsoft and global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike - although it is unknown if it is the same problem is affecting airports and train services across the globe.

Here's the latest update:

- A global IT outage has caused massive disruption to various services
- IT security firm CrowdStrike says it has identified the issue and deployed a fix
- This is not a security incident or cyber attack, according to the firm
- Microsoft says a resolution for Windows devices is "forthcoming" and blames a third party after it issued an update
- The UK government says its COBRA emergency team is responding to the outage

Follow live updates on the Sky News website: https://news.sky.com/story/it-outage-what-has-been-impacted-and-where-13180839

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