Major IT outage impacts industries across the world

A global IT outage is causing widespread disruption at airports, hospitals, retail outlets and more.

According to an article published by the Telegraph, Frontier Airlines grounded flights for over two hours and other reports from the BBC suggest GP surgeries in the UK are only seeing “acutely ill” patients.

Government facilities and services are also said to have been hit with the outage, with a spokesperson for New Zealand’s parliament claiming that it is facing computer network issues.

Across the rest of the world, many broadcasters, telecommunications providers, transport hubs and banks have been affected, including Sky News.

This is an ongoing story – the root cause of the issue is currently being explored.