In the U.S., some 911 and non-emergency call centers were also affected. Alaska State Troopers noted that many such call centers were “not working correctly across the State of Alaska.”
Media outlets were not spared either. U.K. news broadcaster Sky News experienced trouble broadcasting live due to the outage, as tweeted by the firm’s executive chairman David Rhodes. The New Zealand Herald reported that banking services in the country were affected, and several Indian news channels also faced broadcasting problems.
Additionally, many employees from various companies reported being unable to start their computers due to the issue.
The outage followed shortly after Microsoft confirmed service problems with its Microsoft 365 apps late on Thursday, which had already affected several airlines, including Delta and United. According to Microsoft’s services status page, the issues were in the process of being resolved.
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