(7-19-24) Global IT outages…including hospitals, major banks, media outlets and airlines – have reported a mass IT outage, affecting their ability to offer services.

Why is the global it outage happening?

  • Explainer: why is the global IT outage happening and who is affected? The global ‘blue screen of death’ outage affecting airlines, banks, telecoms companies, broadcasters and others is due to a faulty file from an IT security company called Crowdstrike. Crowdstrike’s protection services are used by tens of thousands of large organisations.

International airports including India, Hong Kong, the UK and the US have reported issues, and several airlines have grounded flights and reported delays.

Across the US, airlines United, Delta and American Airlines have issued a “global ground stop” on all of their flights.

Emergency services have also been affected with some hospitals cancelling surgeries an Alaska facility is warning its 911 system may be unavailable.

From Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office —

If you have an emergency and cannot reach 9-1-1 or need the Sheriff’s Office, you may call 419-771-1971 or 419-771-1972.

There is currently a Network Server \ Interface Outage affecting multiple areas of the United States and other areas around the globe. Some systems \ networks are not available. Van Wert County is currently still receiving 9-1-1 calls, just not all information that normally comes with the call. We get the voice but not the caller location and phone number with the call.

The Sheriff’s Office main business number 419-238-3866 is currently not working. Should you have issues calling 9-1-1, you can try sending a text message to 911.

If you have an emergency and cannot reach 9-1-1 or need the Sheriff’s Office, you may call 419-771-1971 or 419-771-1972.