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Friday, July 19, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, July 19, 2024
Health Ministry says global malfunction affecting hospitals, but is not cyber attack
Security guards near the ambulance that brought wounded citizens from the terror attack in the Jordan Valley, at the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The Health Ministry says that there is a global outage in computer services that is also affecting a number of hospitals in Israel.
In a statement, the ministry stresses that it is not a cyber attack but rather a technical malfunction in a program that is used around the world.
Separately, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says that its emergency hotlines are experiencing an outage, and that those needing their services should call the police.
Other countries are reporting technical issues with news outlets, banks and airlines in the apparent outage linked to the Crowdstrike cyber security company.
