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As Mainebiz reported, an unprecedented global technology outage wreaked havoc July 19 at airports, banks and broadcasters.

Airlines were especially hard hit. American, United and Delta all grounded flights early that morning due to the outage. Travel was delayed at Portland International Jetport and Bangor International Airport.

And there were other ripple effects from the IT snafu. Some city services in Bangor were disrupted, and Maine banks had to deal with operational problems.

Was your business affected by the July 19 technology outage, created by a Microsoft Windows update?
Yes (30%, 50 VOTES)
No (70%, 118 VOTES)
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As Mainebiz reported, an unprecedented global technology outage wreaked havoc July 19 at airports, banks and broadcasters.

Airlines were especially hard hit. American, United and Delta all grounded flights early that morning due to the outage. Travel was delayed at Portland International Jetport and Bangor International Airport.

And there were other ripple effects from the IT snafu. Some city services in Bangor were disrupted, and Maine banks had to deal with operational problems.

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  • Ginny Perusse
    July 24, 2024

    Our IT Staff started working on our outage at 2 AM to be sure that our credit union members would not be affected. We were on-line and ready to go with minimal disruption at 9 AM as usual!

  • July 24, 2024

    Just a general slow-down of the internet which we do rely on heavily.