BRING HIM HOME NOW. SO SOME OF THE BILLBOARDS IN TIMES SQUARE WENT DARK BECAUSE OF A GLOBAL INTERNET OUTAGE CAUSING CHAOS AT AIRPORTS, AFFECTING BANKS HOSPITALS GOVERNMENT OFFICES, MEDIA OUTLETS AND OTHER BUSINESSES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. FOXBUSINESS CORRESPONDENT LYDIA WHO YOU JOINING ME TO REPORT ON ALL OF THIS FROM NEW YORK. >> THIS IS A MASSIVE GLOBAL OUTAGE IMPACTING WHAT'S ESTIMATED TO BE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TRAVELLING TODAY IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE OR SOME TRYING TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. LOOK AT THIS THESE OTHER COMPANIES SAYING THEY ARE IMPACTED JUST SOME OF THEM STARBUCKS FEDEX, CVS BANK OF AMERICA, AMONG THEM. SUCH AS CORPORATE AMERICA. 911 CALL CENTRES ARE DISRUPTED IN STATES LIKE ALASKA VIRGINIA AND IOWA. SHIPMENTS TO PORTS IN LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH INTERRUPTED. IN PORTLAND OREGON HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. HOSPITAL SYSTEM SARA SINGH INTERRUPTIONS. KETTERING CANCER CENTRE HERE NEW YORK SAYS MOST OF THEIR SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES ARE REINSTATED NOW BUT JUST EARLIER TODAY IT REPORTED PAUSING THE START OF SOME PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRED ANAESTHESIA. THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS MESS IS CYBER SECURITY FIRM CROWD STRIKE. THE COMPANY SAYS THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WHEN IT ISSUED A FAULTY UPDATE TO CUSTOMERS RUNNING MICROSOFT EVEN THOUGH DISRUPTION IS NOT A CYBERATTACK. SOME ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER ARE COUNTRY IS VULNERABLE. >> HOW DO WE ALLOW FOR 1 COMPANY 1 ENTITY TO CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN BE IN BUSINESS? SPEE ACRYL STRIKE CEO HAS APOLOGIZED IN THE COMPANY SAYS THAT A FIX HAS BEEN DEPLOYED BUT EXPERTS ARE SAYING IT'S GOOD TO TAKE TIME FOR THE FIX TO TAKE EFFECT AND RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THAT REPAIR IT DOES APPEAR SUMMER TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH. ELON MUSK POSTED ON X. HE HAS DELETED CROWD STRIKE FROM ALL OF HIS SYSTEMS. UNCLEAR WHICH COMPANIES HE'S REFERRING TO OR ALL OF THEM PERHAPS. MEANWHILE SHARES OF CROWD STRIKE TAKING A BATTERING TODAY IN THE MARKET