Warning IT problems could take days to fix

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The manual fix required means it could take days for big organisations to get back to normal.

The problem piece of software was sent out automatically to the firm's customers overnight which is why so many were affected when they came into work this morning.

While some security companies in the past have accidentally send out a dodgy software update, we’ve never seen one at this scale and this damaging.

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Category: Business

Markets: United KingdomNorth KoreaMali

Topics: Outage Attack Disruption Cyber Security Affected Software Caused Computers Experts

Source Website Secure: Yes (HTTPS)

News Sentiment: Negative

Fact Checked: Legitimate

Article Type: News Report

Published On: 2024-07-19 @ 12:46:53 (11 hours ago)

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News Source URL: bbc.com

Language: English

Article Length: 691 words

Reading Time: 4 minutes read

Sentences: 36 lines

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