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Explainer: What caused the global cyber outage?

People wait for their flights following a global IT outage, at BER airport in Berlin, Germany on July, 19, 2024. 

Photo credit: Reuters

By  REUTERS

A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries on Friday, halting flights and forcing a number of broadcasters off-air, as the outage upended everything from banking to healthcare systems.

What happened?

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