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.
儘管在普及的 CrowdStrike 中斷之後，有些人可能會嘗試撥打 911 確保緊急電話號碼正常工作，但有關當局已經發出了這樣簡單的信息：不要這樣做。
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.
總部位於得克薩斯州的網絡安全公司CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.（紐交所：CRWD）是微軟公司（紐交所：MSFT）電腦運行的企業和政府機構在全球範圍內廣泛使用的公司。週五，該公司在更新其殺毒軟件後經歷了一次巨大的故障。
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故障導致諸如機場、銀行和執法機構等幾乎所有依賴於微軟電腦的東西都遭受了重大破壞。
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.
雖然CrowdStrike可能需要一些時間來修復故障，但BBC報道稱，美國國家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）強烈建議公衆不要撥打911以查看緊急電話號碼是否正常運行。
"The public should not call 911 to test if the service is working," the federal agency told Benzinga on Friday.
聯邦機構週五告訴Benzinga:"公衆不應打911測試服務是否正常工作。"
Also Read: How To Fix CrowdStrike Issue Causing Blue Screen Of Death On Your Windows PC
另請參閱：如何解決CrowdStrike在Windows PC上藍屏問題
"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中心具有持續運營和其他計劃，並進行演習以爲可能的中斷做好準備，NHTSA知道影響911呼叫中心的中斷並隨時準備提供幫助。"
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公司在大多數大城市的緊急呼叫線路未受影響，但是《紐約時報》報道稱，在俄勒岡州、阿拉斯加州和亞利桑那州，一些系統受到了CrowdStrike公司故障的影響，並不時出現中斷。
Agencies in most large cities such as New York, Atlanta and Miami said their emergency communications systems were not affected.
紐約、亞特蘭大和邁阿密等大多數大城市的機構稱，它們的緊急通訊系統沒有受到影響。
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.
今年早些時候，全國其他地區也發生了緊急服務中斷。上個月，在某些地區，防火牆阻止了911呼叫的進入，緊急服務在馬薩諸塞州被重定向到其他電話號碼。4月份，在德克薩斯州的一些地區，全南達科他州和拉斯維加斯，911呼叫者也經歷了中斷。
Some people posted their frustration with the CrowdStrike disruption on X earlier in the day.
一些人在當天早些時候在社交媒體平台X上發表了對CrowdStrike公司故障的不滿。
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.
彭博社的專欄作家Conor Sen在社交媒體平台上寫道：“我妻子的醫療場所甚至不能看病人——無法訪問病歷，無法通過電子處方發送。”
Danish economist Jens Nordvig also chimed in on X regarding the disruption.
丹麥經濟學家Jens Nordvig在X上也談到了這一問題。
"Cannot use credit card on MTA," he wrote. "Will be an interesting day."
"無法在MTA上使用信用卡，"他寫道。"將是一個有趣的日子。"
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股價表現：CrowdStrike公司的股價在週五下跌了10.29%，爲307.75美元，微軟公司則下跌了0.70%，爲437.28美元。
Read Now:
立即閱讀：
- Insights Into CrowdStrike Holdings's Performance Versus Peers In Software Sector
- 了解CrowdStrike在軟件板塊中與同行業的表現
Photo: PeopleImages.com – Yuri A via Shutterstock
照片：Yuri A通過shutterstock