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IT outage: banks, airlines and media hit by issues linked to Windows PCs

Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations has affected major companies, including Sky News UK, Gatwick airport and Thameslink

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A global IT outage has caused chaos at airports, banks, railways andbusinesses around the world as a wide range of services were taken offline and millions of people were affected.

In one of the most widespread IT crashes ever to hit companies and institutions globally, air transport ground to a halt, hospitals were affected and large numbers of workers were unable to access their computers. In the UK Sky News was taken off air temporarily and the NHS GP booking system was down.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations has affected major companies, including Sky News UK, Gatwick airport and ThameslinkMicrosoft outage: latest updatesWhat we know so farA global IT outage has caused chaos at airports, banks, railways andbusinesses around the world as a wide range of services were taken offline and millions of people were affected.In one of the most widespread IT crashes ever to hit companies and institutions globally, air transport ground to a halt, hospitals were affected and large numbers of workers were unable to access their computers. In the UK Sky News was taken off air temporarily and the NHS GP booking system was down. Continue reading…