A cybersecurity glitch triggered a global technology outage

Airports, hospitals, banks, and government agencies are recovering from a failed software update delivered by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to Microsoft’s Windows systems.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

World recovers today from global technology outage. The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said the problem was in a software update it delivered to Microsoft’s Windows systems. NPR’s cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin joins us. Jenna, thanks for being with us.

JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Of course, Scott.

SIMON: How much havoc?

MCLAUGHLIN: Just yesterday, we saw thousands of flight delays around the entire world, cancellations of nonemergency surgeries. There were outages for 911 emergency services. I’m actually in Aspen, Colo., for

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