Global Cyber Outages: Residual Impact Continues

Cause of Outage Fixed, But Residual Effects Persist

Microsoft has announced that the underlying cause of the global cybersecurity outage that occurred on Friday has been resolved. However, the residual impact of the outage is still affecting some services. The outage was caused by a flawed software update sent out by a cybersecurity company, which disrupted computer-reliant services worldwide. Governments, businesses, and individuals were all affected by the outage.

Internet Outages Continue

The Internet Outages Map shows that the frequency of Internet outages has decreased since the peak of the outage on Friday. However, some areas are still experiencing intermittent outages. It is unclear when the residual effects of the outage will be fully resolved.

Global Tech Failure Disrupts Services

The global tech failure that caused the outages has been attributed to a software update that was sent out by a cybersecurity company. The update contained a flaw that caused computers to crash. This led to widespread disruption of services, including online banking, email, and access to government websites.