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Worldwide travel chaos after cybersecurity update hits IT systems

Worldwide travel chaos after cybersecurity update hits IT systems | A major IT problem is disrupting transport, healthcare, businesses, and other sectors across the world.

Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike blames an issues with one of its updates for Windows – it says the problem has been “identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed”

Crowdstrike’s shares are down by more than 20% in unofficial trading in the US – equal to a $16bn loss in value

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Worldwide, more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled – but American Airlines says flights are resuming again

In the UK, NHS England says most GP practices are affected – but there is no known impact on emergency services There are also some delays on the trains – but one operator says it is “not disastrous” (Source: BBC)

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