Breaking News: Global Computer Outage Disrupts Industries

CrowdStrike, Leading Cybersecurity Firm, Affected

MASSIVE COMPUTER OUTAGE IMPACTS INDUSTRIES WORLDWIDE

Beginning at 04:09 UTC on July 19, 2024, a major computer outage disrupted various industries around the world, including healthcare, finance, and transportation.

At the center of the outage is CrowdStrike, a leading American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. CrowdStrike provides cloud workload protection and endpoint security for organizations and has a wide-reaching global presence.

The outage is believed to have originated from a software issue within CrowdStrike's platform, which caused a disruption in services for its customers. As a result, many organizations using CrowdStrike's security solutions were unable to access or maintain their systems.