How a small software update triggered a global IT meltdown

Elon Musk called it the biggest IT failure ever.

A software update by the US firm CrowdStrike lead to a day of chaos, with airports, banks and even broadcasters such as Sky News going down for hours.

But how did such an update disrupt computer systems worldwide?

Live updates: https://news.sky.com/story/outages-latest-airports-business-and-broadcasters-experiencing-issues-worldwide-13180821

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