Airlines, banks, hospitals, and media outlets are among the businesses affected by a technical outage for those using CrowdStrike’s services and have Microsoft Windows as a host.
- Video shows how local businesses managed the worldwide outage caused by a Microsoft CrowdStrike update.
- Airlines, banks, hospitals, and media outlets are among the businesses affected, including those in Bakersfield.
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Chances are you or someone you know were impacted by a technology outage, as disruptions continue. Airlines, banks, hospitals, and media outlets are among the businesses affected, including those in Bakersfield.
“We didn’t get a lot of sleep,” said Grapevine MSP Chief Information Officer Robert Miles. Ten o’clock hit and we started seeing those servers go offline.”
Grapevine MSP Technology Services the largest managed IT support firm, providing services to enterprises in the Central Valley and one of the many businesses affected by the outage.
“We just had to respond and log in and try to figure it out which scared all of us because we had no idea why it was going down. We thought that everyone was being attacked or there was some type of hacker attempt,” said Miles.