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Global IT Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Banking, Takes Media Off Air

By Guy Birchall, Emel Akan, Jack Phillips
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Global IT Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Banking, Takes Media Off Air
Crowds are building up at Suvarnabhumi Airport as a global IT disruption caused by a Microsoft outage and a Crowdstrike IT problem combine to affect users in Bangkok, on July 19, 2024. Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images
Crowds are building up at Suvarnabhumi Airport as a global IT disruption caused by a Microsoft outage and a Crowdstrike IT problem combine to affect users in Bangkok, on July 19, 2024. Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images
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What we know about the outages.
Guy Birchall
By Guy Birchall
USPS says it is not directly impacted by outage.
Chase Smith
By Chase Smith
Security agency warns of bad actors taking advantages of outages
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By Chase Smith
White House: ‘Our understanding is that this is not a cyber attack’
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By Emel Akan
Portland mayor declares state of emergency.
More than 30,000 flights delayed.


Problems for ATMs.
Social Security offices closed nationwide.
Crowdstrike shares plummet.
What is CrowdStrike and what does it do?
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By Emel Akan
Shipping companies warn of potential delivery delays.
Chase Smith
By Chase Smith
Flights disrupted globally.
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By Chase Smith
911 services down in several states.
Biden briefed about outage.
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By Emel Akan
DHS, White House respond to outage.
Jack Phillips
By Jack Phillips
What we know about the outages.
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By Guy Birchall
News channel knocked off air
Guy Birchall
By Guy Birchall

In the UK, major broadcaster Sky News was knocked off air due to the outage.

A Sky News spokesperson said, “Sky News has not been able to broadcast live TV this morning, we apologise for the interruption. All the news is still available online, on the Sky News app, website, and across our social media accounts. We are working hard to restore all services.”