Global technology outage disrupts industries, White House steps in [Video]

A global technology outage has disrupted various industries, including airlines and hospitals, in the United States, prompting federal government intervention.”There may not be flights till Saturday, or maybe even Sunday,” said an individual affected by the flight disruptions.Traveler Miya Haney described the chaos at airports. “Manually checking people in and then they’ll send a person going up and down just shouting. Oh, Boston here, flight number here,” Haney said.The outage also knocked banks and news outlets offline and forced hospitals to cancel some patient visits and surgeries. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, responsible for the outage, attributed the disruption to a faulty software update impacting their customers running Microsoft Windows.In a statement, CrowdStrike clarified the situation. “This was not a cyberattack,” the company stated, assuring that a fix has been sent out.The company’s CEO expressed regret over the incident on social media. “Deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption,” the CEO tweeted.Shawn …