what exactly happened at Microsoft so I started digging a little bit more a Global Tech meltdown occurred due to its two issues affecting Microsoft systems first an outage and Microsoft's AER cloud service impacted users including Airlines and other businesses some Microsoft 365 apps and services like teams also face disruptions then a flow security update by crowd strike caus problems for Windows devices crowd strike CEO clarified that there wasn't a Cyber attack but that the defect in a Content update for their Falcon sensor software used for critical cyber security task fixing the issues required manually rebooting affected computers and complex time consuming process these incidents highlight the fragility and interdependence of Global Tech infrastructure