We are tracking the local impacts as businesses, banks, airports and law enforcement communication across Illinois and Missouri are impacted.
ST. LOUIS — A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world, with problems continuing hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
Airlines and airports in the United States, Europe, Australia, India and elsewhere were reporting problems, with some flights grounded. Retail outlets, banks, railway companies and hospitals in several parts of the world were also affected in what appeared to be an unprecedented internet disruption.
In an update posted on X, Microsoft said it was aware of the issue caused by a recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software and the underlying cause of the outage has been fixed. However, residual impact was continuing to affect some Microsoft 365 apps and services.
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