Microsoft blamed a third party for the disruption and said it was working to restore services – after airports around the world were affected. GP surgeries across England are also impacted, the NHS has confirmed. T security firm CrowdStrike admits ‘defect’ behind outages but says ‘fix’ has been found
IT security firm CrowdStrike says it has identified the issue, isolated it and deployed a fix.
Many of those affected by IT outages this morning have blamed CrowdStrike for issuing an update, which may have caused the global issues.
CrowdStrike’s CEO, George Kurtz, issued this statement.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.
“Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack.
“The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity service designed to stop internet breaches or hacks for the world’s biggest companies.
A software update issued by the firm hours ago is believed to be behind the worldwide outages. GPs redirecting patients with ‘minor ailments’ to pharmacies
We’ve been reporting on how today’s IT chaos has impacted the NHS.
GP practices are widely affected in England.
And a number of hospitals say they are experiencing issues – with one hospital trust in Surrey declaring a “critical incident”.
Now the chief executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) has said pharmacies are taking up some of the slack.
Patients with “minor ailments” are being sent to pharmacies from GP surgeries, Dr Leyla Hannbeck said.
But as we reported earlier, pharmacies are facing their own issues because of the disruption.
She added: “Pharmacies are experiencing delays in prescriptions arriving through GP systems as the systems are down, and there are also delays in receiving medicines in stock due to some wholesalers experiencing IT system failures.
“As the GP appointment system is down more patients are being referred to pharmacies for minor ailments.
“We are asking the public to be patient if there are delays because these issues are outside of our control and we are doing everything we can to ensure patients receive their medicines and treatments.”
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