The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport was among those affected by a widespread technology outage that has disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies worldwide.
[READ MORE: CyberStrike CEO says outage was not caused by a cyber attack]
A little after 7 a.m., the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport told us that all flights were delayed for at least 30 minutes. Flights out of Lynchburg could be delayed or canceled as well.
10 News reached out to Alexa Briehl from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, who said: “Sounds like TSA is not impacted but certain ticketing functions are currently being impacted and troubleshooted. Passengers should expect residual delays and check with their airline directly for flight status.”
July 19, 5:36 a.m.: In light of ongoing global IT issues, passengers may experience flight delays this morning. Please check directly with your airline for the latest flight status.
— Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (@flyROA) July 19, 2024
We will continue to update this story if we learn of any more flight delays in our region.
WSLS 10 is also impacted.
Due to this, our Virginia Today show looked different Friday morning given that we were unable to log into our computers or access the software we use to build our shows at this time. Outside of our shows, our Watch Live streaming platform on our 10 News app is not functioning as usual and we are working diligently to resolve the issue.
Various reports indicate that the problem stemmed from an issue with Microsoft’s security software, which engineers say is causing computers to crash.
The chief executive of the cybersecurity company at the heart of a worldwide Microsoft outage says it is working to fix a defect sent out in a Windows update.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said on the social platform X. “The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We…
— George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) July 19, 2024
Microsoft 365 took to X to post about the matter as well.
We're investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services. More info posted in the admin center under MO821132 and on https://t.co/W5Y8dAkjMk
— Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) July 18, 2024
Some states are also having issues with their 911 services. So far, Virginia has not reported any issues but we are checking with our local leaders to get more information. The Roanoke Police Department said they are not affected.
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