How N.Y. was impacted by the global tech outage and more top Dems talk Biden

Plus: a report from the state comptroller's office has some recommendations for the state's finances.

Good afternoon — it’s Friday and Daiquiri Day.

FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024

TODAY’S CAPCON:

• A global tech outage has impacted computer systems and services in N.Y. (and around the globe.) We have some details.

• More top Democrats talked about Biden Friday, including Jeffries and Gillibrand.

• The state comptroller’s office has some recommendations for how N.Y. could improve its finances.

• A member of the state Assembly has resigned.

☀️ Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Mostly clear, low 60s. New York City: Partly cloudy, high 60s. (National Weather Service)

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Hochul on Friday (New York Governor’s Office)

💻 How N.Y. was impacted by the global CrowdStrike update fumble

🖱️ The state will provide flexibility to anyone who was supposed to deal with a state agency Friday but couldn’t because of the outage.

If you woke up to find your workplace was scrambling to see how an overnight global tech outage had affected their business, you were far from alone Friday.

That was all thanks to a software update from CrowdStrike, a global digital security and software company.

• The update messed with computer systems necessary for office work, government services and also air travel.

There’s no evidence it was a hack or cyberattack and the company’s CEO blamed an error in a software update. But we do know how it’s impacted state government in New York.