Global System Outage Affects Daily Life News | July 20, 2024 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy Systems around the world are being affected by a global cyber outage. Airlines, hospitals, banks and media companies have been struggling to get back online. The outage was caused Thursday night by a Windows update from Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Microsoft says it’s working with companies to get them back online. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE LOCAL REACTION WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.