<ul><li>Microsoft Azure's recent outage, originating in the Central US, disrupted airlines globally, causing flight groundings and cancellations.</li><li>Major airlines, including American Airlines and low-cost carriers like Frontier and Allegiant, faced severe operational issues. Indian airlines such as IndiGo also reported system failures.&nbsp;</li><li>CrowdStrike's CEO, George Kurtz, clarified that the issue was not a cyberattack but a defect in a Windows content update.</li><li>He assured that Mac and Linux systems were unaffected, and a fix was deployed. The incident underscores the fragility of cloud-dependent systems and the need for robust cybersecurity measures and redundancy.</li></ul>

'This is not a cyberattack': CrowdStrike CEO steps in to assist amidst chaos as Microsoft Azure outage grounds flights and other businesses

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