Mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media and banks

Mass IT outages reported worldwidepublished at 07:58 07:58Breaking

Major banks, media outlets and airlines are currently suffering major IT outages.

Flights have been grounded at Sydney airport, United Airlines has stopped flying, and the London Stock Exchange group’s platform is experiencing outages.

Likely related to Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops (update: caused by a Crowdstrike update) (184 points, 1 hour ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41002195

Most likely same cause as: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41002677