Businesses and institutions across the world suffered severe disruptions of their services after an IT issue on Friday.A glitch with Microsoft Windows on Friday reportedly hit global businesses and institutions, disrupting critical services — including airlines, banks, and stock exchanges — across the world.
Banks, airports and hospitals were just a fraction of those who reported outages and millions of people are believed to have been affected by the problem.The massive IT outage canceled at least 500 US flights, affected operations at London's Stock Exchange, grounded Sky News, and impacted Europe's medical facilities.