UpdatedJul 19

Global IT Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Banking, Takes Media Off Air

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the issue was caused by its update and a fix has been deployed, noting it was not a security incident or cyberattack.

By Guy Birchall, Emel Akan, Jack Phillips

| Published Jul 19, 2024 | Updated Jul 19, 2024

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Global IT Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Banking, Takes Media Off Air — Crowds are building up at Suvarnabhumi Airport as a global IT disruption caused by a Microsoft outage and a Crowdstrike IT problem combine to affect users in Bangkok, on July 19, 2024. Mailee Osten-Tan/Getty Images

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What we know about the outages.

By Guy Birchall

Jul 19

USPS says it is not directly impacted by outage.

By Chase Smith

Jul 19

Security agency warns of bad actors taking advantages of outages

By Chase Smith

Jul 19

White House: ‘Our understanding is that this is not a cyber attack’

By Emel Akan

Jul 19

Portland mayor declares state of emergency.

Jul 19

More than 30,000 flights delayed.

Jul 19

Problems for ATMs.

Jul 19

Social Security offices closed nationwide.

Jul 19

Crowdstrike shares plummet.

Jul 19

What is CrowdStrike and what does it do?

By Emel Akan

Jul 19

Shipping companies warn of potential delivery delays.

By Chase Smith

Jul 19

Flights disrupted globally.

By Chase Smith

Jul 19

911 services down in several states.

Jul 19

Biden briefed about outage.

By Emel Akan

Jul 19

DHS, White House respond to outage.

By Jack Phillips

Jul 19

What we know about the outages.

By Guy Birchall

Jul 19

News channel knocked off air

By Guy Birchall

Jul 19

In the UK, major broadcaster Sky News was knocked off air due to the outage.

A Sky News spokesperson said, “Sky News has not been able to broadcast live TV this morning, we apologise for the interruption. All the news is still available online, on the Sky News app, website, and across our social media accounts. We are working hard to restore all services.”