Global CrowdStrike outage affects Portland tech systems

A massive technology outage Friday morning affected industries worldwide, including airlines, banks, hospitals and other emergency services. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the problem was related to a faulty update it pushed through for some Microsoft systems.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler issued an emergency declaration at about 3 a.m. Friday in response to the outage. The declaration allowed staff to immediately respond and work to get city systems fully operational again. COL Randall C. LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Steve Sweeney MSgt Michael Bischoff SSgt Richard Kensinger 1SG (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette