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Mass Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights, Causes Chaos With Banks, Stock Markets, Media
A major tech outage is causing issues worldwide, including grounding flights.
Banks, stock markets, and media outlets are also being affected on Friday morning, July 19.
An update by cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike appears to be the cause of device outages for millions of Microsoft Windows device users.
Several major US air carriers, including Delta, United, and Spirit are under a full ground stop, according to the FAA.
"Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved," the agency said.
Microsoft has said it is taking "mitigation …
Data Of Nearly One Million NY Students Compromised In Hack Of Online Grading System
The personal data of nearly a million New York students has been compromised by hackers attempting to alter grades, investigators announced.
In January, Illuminate Education, a taxpayer-funded software company that tracks grades and attendance for the New York City Department of Education, was targeted, resulting in the data of approximately 820,000 students being made available.
Specifically, officials said that the hackers gained access to students’ names, birthdays, ethnicities, English-speaking, special-education, teacher schedules, and free-lunch statuses, though information including …