Global blackout: Watch animation of affected flights in the US on Friday morning

An animation shows all passenger flights over the United States from midnight to 10 a.m. ET this Friday (19), according to specialist website Flightradar24.

The world suffered a global cyber blackout, affecting everything from transportation services to hospitals.

More than 3,700 flights have been canceled worldwide, and more than 32,000 have been delayed, according to the specialized website FlightAware. Watch the animation below:

Timelapse of US flights affected by global cyber outage

What caused the blackout?

The global cyber blackout happened due to an issue with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

The company’s CEO, George Kurtz, said the outages were caused by a defect found in a single content update for its software on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Computers running Windows appear to be crashing due to the incorrect way a software code update issued by CrowdStrike interacts with the system.

Kurtz highlighted that a correction has already been implemented, but experts stressed that the situation may take time to return to normal.

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Source: CNN Brasil

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