TORONTO — A global technology outage grounded flights, disrupted hospitals and backed up border crossings in Canada on Friday, as issues persisted hours after problems with Microsoft services were said to be getting fixed.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows – and that the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, and disruptions continued after the technology company said it was gradually fixing the problem.
Major Canadian companies, including Porter Airlines and Telus, said their operations had been affected. Newfoundland and Labrador’s government and health authority reported disruptions,
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