Government Agency Advises Public Against Testing 911 In Wake of CrowdStrike Outage
Government Agency Advises Public Against Testing 911 In Wake of CrowdStrike Outage
As much as someone may be tempted to dial 911 to make sure the emergency number works following the widespread CrowdStrike outage, authorities are coming across with this simple message: Don't do it.
尽管在普及的 CrowdStrike 中断之后，有些人可能会尝试拨打 911 确保紧急电话号码正常工作，但有关当局已经发出了这样简单的信息：不要这样做。
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CRWD), a Texas-based cybersecurity firm that is used worldwide by businesses and government agencies that run on Microsoft Corp (NYSE:MSFT) computers, experienced a colossal outage on Friday after performing an update to its antivirus software.
总部位于得克萨斯州的网络安全公司CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.（纽交所：CRWD）是微软公司（纽交所：MSFT）电脑运行的企业和政府机构在全球范围内广泛使用的公司。周五，该公司在更新其杀毒软件后经历了一次巨大的故障。
The global IT outage caused major disruptions to everything from airports to banks to law enforcement agencies — just about anything that relies on Microsoft computers.
全球IT故障导致诸如机场、银行和执法机构等几乎所有依赖于微软电脑的东西都遭受了重大破坏。
Though it may take some time for CrowdStrike to fix the glitch, the BBC reported, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) strongly discourages the public from dialing 911 to see if the emergency number is up and running.
虽然CrowdStrike可能需要一些时间来修复故障，但BBC报道称，美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）强烈建议公众不要拨打911以查看紧急电话号码是否正常运行。
"The public should not call 911 to test if the service is working," the federal agency told Benzinga on Friday.
联邦机构周五告诉Benzinga:"公众不应打911测试服务是否正常工作。"
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"911 centers have continuity of operations and other plans in place and conduct drills to be prepared for potential outages. NHTSA is aware of outages affecting 911 call centers and stands ready to help as needed."
"911中心具有持续运营和其他计划，并进行演习以为可能的中断做好准备，NHTSA知道影响911呼叫中心的中断并随时准备提供帮助。"
Emergency call lines were unaffected in most major cities, but authorities in Oregon, Alaska and Arizona said some of their systems had been impacted by the CrowdStrike outage, the New York Times reported.
CrowdStrike公司在大多数大城市的紧急呼叫线路未受影响，但是《纽约时报》报道称，在俄勒冈州、阿拉斯加州和亚利桑那州，一些系统受到了CrowdStrike公司故障的影响，并不时出现中断。
Agencies in most large cities such as New York, Atlanta and Miami said their emergency communications systems were not affected.
纽约、亚特兰大和迈阿密等大多数大城市的机构称，它们的紧急通讯系统没有受到影响。
Emergency service outages have happened in other parts of the country earlier this year. Last month, emergency services in Massachusetts redirected 911 callers to alternative numbers after a firewall blocked incoming calls. In April, 911 callers experienced disruptions in some areas of Texas, all of South Dakota and Las Vegas.
今年早些时候，全国其他地区也发生了紧急服务中断。上个月，在某些地区，防火墙阻止了911呼叫的进入，紧急服务在马萨诸塞州被重定向到其他电话号码。4月份，在德克萨斯州的一些地区，全南达科他州和拉斯维加斯，911呼叫者也经历了中断。
Some people posted their frustration with the CrowdStrike disruption on X earlier in the day.
一些人在当天早些时候在社交媒体平台X上发表了对CrowdStrike公司故障的不满。
My wife's medical practice can't even see patients — no access to medical records, can't send prescriptions electronically," Bloomberg opinion columnist Conor Sen wrote on the social media platform on Friday.
彭博社的专栏作家Conor Sen在社交媒体平台上写道：“我妻子的医疗场所甚至不能看病人——无法访问病历，无法通过电子处方发送。”
Danish economist Jens Nordvig also chimed in on X regarding the disruption.
丹麦经济学家Jens Nordvig在X上也谈到了这一问题。
"Cannot use credit card on MTA," he wrote. "Will be an interesting day."
"无法在MTA上使用信用卡，"他写道。"将是一个有趣的日子。"
CRWD Price Action: CrowdStrike has dropped 10.29% to $307.75 as of Friday at publication, while Microsoft has slipped 0.70% to $437.28.
CRWD股价表现：CrowdStrike公司的股价在周五下跌了10.29%，为307.75美元，微软公司则下跌了0.70%，为437.28美元。
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