{"id":181536,"date":"2024-07-19T21:30:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=181536"},"modified":"2024-07-20T01:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T06:21:55","slug":"it-outage-affects-area-state-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/it-outage-affects-area-state-country\/","title":{"rendered":"IT outage affects area, state, country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday\u2019s global IT outage didn\u2019t just affect local 911 services, it had a more widespread affect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coast-to-coast 911 issues were reported Friday&#8217;s morning and banks, airports, airlines, some hospitals and media companies using Microsoft Windows computers were affected by the outage as well. Thousands of flights were canceled as Microsoft-based computers stopped working.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CrowdStrike \u2013 a U.S.-based cybersecurity company \u2013 admitted responsibility and said the outage was caused by a software issue. By late morning, the company said the issue had been identified and a fix had been deployed. However, they acknowledged the fix may not immediately restore all disrupted services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with disrupted 911 service locally, some Van Wert County residents expecting direct deposit paychecks learned the money wasn\u2019t in their accounts. First Federal of Van Wert was one of the banks affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Federal is experiencing issues related to the CrowdStrike technology issue,\u201d the bank said in a Facebook post. \u201cIt is affecting direct deposits and ACH transactions. Please be patient as they find a solution for the issue. All transactions will post once the issue is resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Federal Savings Bank also said customers may experience intermittent issues with online banking, mobile banking and loan and deposit transactions posting, but officials said the bank\u2019s service provider was working to get the issue resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BMV and local title services weren\u2019t available Friday morning. Van Wert County Clerk of Courts Cindy Mollenkopf posted on Facebook that the title department couldn\u2019t issue any titles until the outage was resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital reported no issues Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe widespread CrowdStrike outage has had minimal impact on OhioHealth&#8217;s clinical operations, OhioHealth spokesperson Lindsey Gordon said. \u201cOhioHealth Southeastern Medical Center was impacted but services have been restored. The ability for remote radiology reading has been impacted but is not affecting patient care. All surgeries, procedures and appointments are proceeding as scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff Friday\u2019s global IT outage didn\u2019t just affect local 911 services, it had a more widespread affect. Coast-to-coast 911 issues were reported Friday&#8217;s morning and banks, airports, airlines, some hospitals and media companies using Microsoft Windows computers were affected by the outage as well. 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