MACON, Ga. — People and businesses from around the world suffered setbacks Friday morning, as computer systems using Microsoft went offline following a defect in an update with the IT security company CrowdStrike.
Many of these disruptions have continued throughout the day, as many businesses are affected.
CrowdStrike President and CEO George Kurtz posted just before 6 a.m. on Friday that a "fix has been deployed" for the tech issues after a "defect was found in a single content update for Windows hosts."
Many locations in Central Georgia have not seen significant issues.
Here is what we know:
Places shut down or heavily affected in Central Georgia
Georgia Department of Driver Services: The GDDS noted that services are unavailable on their website and on X. 13WMAZ confirmed in person, all computers are down, as people sit around waiting for the systems to come back up
Circle K: The pumps at the gas station are working. However, they can only take cash as their card readers are not working.
CVS: While the pharmacy is working, they can not take digital payments like CashApp or Apple Pay.
Bibb County Tax Office: The tax office is down completely. They cannot take payments, they can’t log in and can’t process anything
Georgia Department of Revenue: The entire Georgia Department of Revenue is shut down, including the counties’ Tag and Tax offices according to their website.
Georgia Department of Human Services: Also according to their website, their systems are also down
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security: Said on X that they’re monitoring any impacts and disruptions and are working with their partners to restore full functionality.
Atrium Health Navicent: While they didn't specify what issues they've been undergoing, they did stat that they are "closely monitoring the global CrowdStrike outage," and added that they "are working diligently to minimize disruption to our patients."
Places with none or little to no issues in Central Georgia
Central Georgia Colleges and Schools: According to representatives from Mercer, Georgia Military College and Georgia College, they are experiencing no issues.
Grocery Stores: According to representatives from stores like Publix, Kroger and Walmart, they are not experiencing any issues.
Macon Water Authority: Said they aren’t currently aware of or experiencing any issues.
Piedmont Hospital: Also said that they aren’t seeing or having any technical issues.
Houston County Operations: The City’s IT departments said everything's okay and Warner Robins and other private companies in the area appear to not be affected.
Banks: Banks such as Robins Financial Credit Union and Wells Fargo are functioning properly.
Contour Airlines: A representative said they aren’t dealing with any issues.
Fairview Park in Dublin: Not seeing any impact.
Macon-Bibb Transit Authority: While their system is down, they are having no delays in their services. According to a representative, they’ve just taken everything down with pen and paper, but there should be no delays.
Bibb County Sheriff's Office: According to a representative, they have suffered a few issues with their system, but have not delayed or prevented their daily operations.
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