Factbox-Major tech outages in recent years


FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Embraer ERJ-190SR prepares to take off from London City Airport in London, Britain, April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File photo

(Reuters) - A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and services from banking to healthcare hit by system problems.

Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike said it was working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Microsoft Windows hosts.

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