National technology outage hits Oxford, hospital unaffected
A national technological failure is hitting businesses everywhere. Oxford's hospital hasn't been effected, but Speedway can only accept cash inside.
Friday's software outage has affected airlines, hospitals, banks and other businesses throughout Greater Cincinnati.
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software is used by industries around the world to protect against hackers and outside breaches, caused a global technology outage from a software update, according to reporting from the New York Times.
The software update resulted in machines running the Microsoft Windows operating system to crash, according to reporting from the New York Times.
In Oxford, the Speedway on Locust Street is accepting cash only, but the pumps are still accepting credit.
"Right now [corporate is] working on a resolution," a Speedway employee said. "There's been nothing, they [haven't] come to a resolve of what's caused it and how to fix it."
Cincinnati Children's Hospital is experiencing surgery delays due to the Microsoft outages, according to reporting from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford is not experiencing technical issues. Lauren Wilber, an access associate at McCullough Hyde, said they haven't experienced any outages or issues concerning scheduling, surgeries or system failures.
"Our systems rarely are down," Wilber said, "I don't see anything happening over here."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the issue has been identified, but he hasn't announced an estimated time for restoration.
