Reflections on Global Preparedness and Contingency Planning in the Face of Crises

Today, we’re looking at major IT outages that have hit industries across the world. More than 1,000 flights are cancelled. Banking, healthcare and shops are also affected.

Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike says a "defect" in one of its software updates hit Windows operating systems

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