Major tech outage affecting S’pore and global businesses; airports, banks, media services disrupted

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Major tech outage affecting S’pore and global businesses; airports, banks, media services disrupted
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SINGAPORE - A major IT outage is affecting companies worldwide, including in Singapore. There have been reports of service disruptions at airports, media outlets, supermarkets and banks in the US and Australia.User report website Downdetector.com showed a spike in outages on Microsoft 365, which had more than 150 reports from Singapore users at 2pm.

Social media is also rife with user complaints of outages on Windows devices. Many users complained that they encountered a blue screen, indicating that their computer had run into a problem and had to be restarted. The Microsoft outages are said to be linked to a service disruption from cyber-security software provider Crowdstrike, following a software update that was rolled out globally, causing companies to be shut off from their computers.

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