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Travel And Banking Hit After Cybersecurity Update

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Airports, banks, and businesses around the world were left scrambling this morning after a routine software update at a major cybersecurity company triggered a global tech meltdown in critical industries.

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2 years ago

July 19, 2024

Marlena Leonard

In what’s being called the largest I.T. outage in history, the widespread tech meltdown has triggered chaos in aviation, banking, and broadcasting.

While some were initially concerned it could be a cyberattack, cybersecurity crowdstrike came forward early Friday saying the glitch and resulting outages were due to a routine software update, and was not a security incident.

Here in The Bahamas, The Lynden Pindling International Airport saw some difficulties this morning.

But Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Development at The Nassau Airport Development Company, Jan Knowles tells us they’re still able to process passengers.

Our Joshua Williams also traveling today, sent an update from the domestic and international departure lounge at LPIA this morning.

For local banking services, things haven’t gone so smoothly. Governor Of The Central Bank of The Bahamas John Rolle issuing this post on X, as many struggled with card payment services being offline.

I also sat down with Chief Information Officer for The Cable Bahamas Group Of Companies, Dwayne Davis, for more information on the meltdown and its impact.