With the town having a four-day work week and two school districts still not quite in session, the impact of the Microsoft outage tied to CrowdStrike was muted in Gilbert.
The town organization works Monday-Thursday, so Friday was an off day for most Gilbert employees. Still, spokesperson Jennifer Harrison said the town does not use the affected software and was otherwise just monitoring the situation for impacts, which appear to be minor.
That’s not the case worldwide. A faulty software update for CrowdStrike, a widely used cybersecurity program, grounded flights, knocked banks and media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and other services on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
