Global tech outage hits airlines, banks, health care and public transit

Global operations were disrupted due to a major technology outage caused by a faulty system update from cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike. This worldwide glitch grounded flights, halted public transit systems, and hindered operations at banks and hospitals. CrowdStrike has isolated the problem and deployed a fix, whereas Microsoft has claimed to have fixed the causative issue. Services affected by the outage are recovering, though monitoring continues.