Major airlines, broadcasters, hospitals and government agencies face disruptions worldwide on Friday as a technology outage affects systems running Microsoft Windows, even as CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm whose software update caused the outage, claimed the problem has been fixed.
Outages still linger even as Microsoft and CrowdStrike say they deployed fixes.
Airlines: Delta Air Lines and United Airlines reported that flights were resuming at least some of their flights by Friday morning, while American Airlines claimed to have resumed operations, according to Reuters (the Federal Aviation Administration noted most U.S. carriers had been forced to at least temporarily ground flights).
Social Security: The Social Security Administration—which closed its local offices to the public—said in a statement the agency anticipates longer wait times for its phone services while some online services may be unavailable.
State Services: Tennessee’s Driver Services Center said the agency may be unable to process transactions, while the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Georgia Department of Driver Services indicated some services were unavailable because of the outage.
911: The U.S. Emergency Alerts Systems said earlier Friday that 911 lines in multiple states were down, though some services—including the Phoenix Police Department—have been restored.
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