A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world, with problems continuing hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
Airlines slowly spooled up flying Friday morning after a far-reaching tech outage knocked many operations offline for hours, but airports remained snarled as delays and cancellations piled up.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) stock is one of today's top-trending stocks and not for a good reason. It is down slightly after large swaths of computers running Windows crashed, causing widespread service disruptions.
After suffering a slight 3.03% drawback caused by the rotation from the tech sector, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock hit another road bump in the latest trading session. Losses of 0.71% caused MSFT shares to end trading at a valuation of $440.37.
It's possible we are looking at the largest IT outage in history.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares fell in premarket trading on Friday after the tech giant suffered a major cloud services outage, linked to an system update by cybersecurity software firm CrowdStrike (CRWD), that affected banks, airlines, media outlets and companies around the globe.
Microsoft said on Friday that underlying cause for a global outage has been fixed, but the residual impact of cybersecurity outages are continuing to affect some Office 365 apps and services.
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An update to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike's (CRWD) security software caused an outage in Microsoft's (MSFT) cloud services, disrupting airlines, banks, and other businesses worldwide Friday.
Shares in Microsoft and Crowdstrike are down premarket following a widespread IT outage that has grounded flights, caused banking chaos and even taken TV outlets off the air. Microsoft stock fell 2.6%, which doesn't seem much until you realise that is $84 billion off its valuation.
The outage was sparked by a faulty cybersecurity update from CrowdStrike. Microsoft is still working to fix it.
Businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline following a mass global outage...