Mass IT outage hits companies around the world as planes grounded

Businesses including banks, airlines, train companies, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been affected by a mass global IT outage.Major US airlines including American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines have been grounded, while airports in Germany, Amsterdam and Spain are also reporting issues. It is believed the outage is related to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft - although it is unknown if it is the same issue affectin ...