United Airlines told theBBC: A third-party software outage is impactingcomputersystems worldwide, including at United.
Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.
This is not a security incident orcyber attack.
The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.
We further recommend organizations ensure theyre communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels.
Our team is fully mobilized to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers.
Tokyo-Narita and Delhi airports also said their services had been affected.
Various media were affected by the technical bug, as British broadcasterSky News went off air, theBBCreported.
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