global outage

Faulty code in the update files resulted in one of the most widespread tech outages in recent years

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike  fell 11.1% after an update to one of its products appeared to trigger the outage

CrowdStrike is among the most popular cybersecurity providers in the world with close to 30,000 subscribers globally

Millions of users are unable to send or receive messages on the app

Users were unable to share images, GIFs, and stickers

Log in attempts by users of TweetDeck seemed to be redirecting users to Twitter's website

Facebook still down for some