Microsoft Meltdown: Global IT Outage Causes Chaos in Airports, Banks, and Emergency Services
Microsoft 365 services suffered a massive global IT outage, causing chaos at airports, banks, and even 911 lines. From handwritten boarding passes in India to Sky News broadcasting from a phone, the outage’s impact is worldwide. Time to dust off those carrier pigeon skills, folks!
Hot Take:
Looks like Microsoft’s latest update just turned the world into a real-life version of The IT Crowd. “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” may not cut it this time!
Key Points:
- Massive Microsoft 365 outage impacts global IT infrastructure.
- Airports, airlines, banks, broadcasters, and even 911 emergency lines are affected.
- Issue linked to a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
- Global chaos includes canceled medical appointments, grounded flights, and hand-written boarding passes.
- Microsoft is working on mitigating the issue but no immediate resolution in sight.
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