A cyber issue affected Microsoft users around the world, causing communications outages across countless industries. Many businesses and services, from airlines to local 911 call centers, were affected on Friday. It centered around a glitch with an antivirus company and an update. The company is called Crowdstrike. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company is “actively working with customers impacted by a flaw found in a single content update for Windows hosts.” He said, “This is not a security incident or cyber attack. The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix is being deployed.” Cincinnati Children’s Hospital said many of its Microsoft-based computer systems were affected by the global technical outage. “Our teams are working hard to minimize interruptions to patient care and system operations, and we are getting our systems back up and running as quickly as possible,” the hospital said in a statement. Patients having surgery at all locations were asked to arrive at their scheduled time. However, delays are possible, so families are encouraged to plan accordingly. If you have questions about your procedure, please contact us at 513-636-4517 (Burnett Campus) or 513-803-9820 (Liberty). Radiology/imaging patient appointments will remain scheduled but may be delayed, and families are encouraged to plan accordingly. All other non-surgical clinic and office appointments before 10 a.m. are canceled. Around 3 p.m. Friday, Cincinnati Children’s released a statement saying patient care operations had been restored, with a few exceptions. “If you had an appointment that was canceled this morning, a member of our team will call you to reschedule. Importantly, as One Cincinnati Children’s, we want to thank our employees who have always responded to every challenge with excellence, compassion, and great teamwork. They continued to provide the high level of care expected of Cincinnati Children’s throughout the disruption,” the Cincinnati Children’s statement read in part. Businesses such as Speedway gas stations experienced issues with payment services. The gas station chain confirmed that service was suspended Friday morning. Cincinnati Metro said real-time bus tracking information is currently unavailable due to the global outage, but all buses are running. Metro said other technology is also experiencing outages, including transit app EZ Fare. Some Ohio BMV and Title services may be unavailable due to a global network outage affecting servers around the world. The Cincinnati Pops announced that tickets are currently unavailable on their website or at the box office due to the global outage.
The cyber issue affected Microsoft users around the world and caused communication problems across countless industries.
Many businesses and services were affected Friday, from airlines to local 911 call centers.
This was centered around an antivirus company and a glitch with updates. The company is called Crowdstrike.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted on social media platform X that the company is “actively working with customers affected by the flaw found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
“This is not a security incident or cyber attack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” he said.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital said a global technology outage affected many of its Microsoft-based computer systems.
“Our teams are working hard to minimize disruptions to patient care and system operations and are restoring systems as quickly as possible,” the hospital said in a statement.
Patients having surgery at all locations have been asked to arrive at their scheduled time, however delays may occur and families are encouraged to plan accordingly.
If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact us at 513-636-4517 (Burnett Campus) or 513-803-9820 (Liberty).
Radiology/imaging patient appointments will remain as scheduled but may be delayed and families are encouraged to plan accordingly.
All other non-surgical and office appointments before 10am will be canceled.
Around 3 p.m. Friday, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital released a statement saying patient care operations had been restored, with a few exceptions.
“If you had any appointments that were canceled this morning, a member of our team will be contacting you to reschedule. Above all, we want to thank our employees who, as part of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, have always met every challenge with excellence, compassion and incredible teamwork. They continued to provide the high level of care you have come to expect from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital throughout the disruption,” a statement from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital read in part.
Businesses like Speedway gas stations were having trouble with payment services, with the gas station chain confirming that service had been suspended on Friday morning.
Cincinnati Metro said real-time bus tracking information is currently unavailable due to the global outage, but all buses are running. Metro said other technology, including its transit app EZ Fare, is also experiencing an outage.
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Due to a global network outage affecting servers around the world, some Ohio BMV and Title services may be unavailable.
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The Cincinnati Pops have announced that due to a global power outage, tickets are currently not available for sale on their website or at the box office.
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