An update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike led to a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, which impacted businesses globally. CrowdStrike said it is now in the process of rolling back the update that caused the issue. The confirmation came after widespread reports of technical issues across the world. Australian telecom firm Telstra said global issues affecting CrowdStrike and Microsoft were disrupting some of its systems. NBC Universal is also being affected by the CrowdStrike outage.

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Persons: CrowdStrike Organizations: NBC, Microsoft, Windows, Airlines, London Stock Exchange, Sky News, CNBC, Comcast, Ryanair, Telstra, NBC Universal Locations: U.S