What we know about the computer update glitch disrupting systems around the world

Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages after a glitch triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
Haven Daley/AP

Haven Daley/AP

A technological meltdown left employees of airlines, banks, hospitals and emergency services around the world staring at the dreaded “blue screen of death” on Friday as their computers went inert in what is being described as a historic outage.

“This is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time,” internet security analyst Troy Hunt said via X.

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