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the, the, this is the w news. why from berlin? the head of a global cyber security firm issues in apology after a flawed software update, disrupts i to services world wide. the outages cause chaos, said airports, banks and hospitals in several countries. in israel and investigation is underway after a where a drone attack killed one person and injured several more in central tele beats around backwards. the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for the strikes. and in span health authorities or warning people to stay in doors, as the country is hit by a severe heat weight, the
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warm welcome to you, our viewers around the world. i'm michael low to global computer systems are slowly coming back online after a massive tech outage cause chaos and confusion around the world from broadcasters to banks, stock exchanges in airlines. the outage also affected health care systems with many hospitals, forced to cancel surgeries, the head of the cyber security firm, which costs of the crisis says he's deeply sorry for the disruptions which were traced back to a flawed software update. the so called blue screen of death to this dreaded error message indicates a complete system crash on a microsoft windows computer. and suddenly it's all over the globe in airports. supermarkets, even at disneyland,
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an update rolled down by cyber security from crowd striking has been linked to the outage. the unintentional disruption has caused chaos of a hospitals around the world is currently in the middle of this microsoft outage. computers are black. we have the screen of death. we do have wound camera phones that are i phones which were allowed to give medications on bothers and not we don't have access to patient charts. this is the 1st time you have to imagine that in the hospitals have, don't know which a patient is actually lying, where, when, what medication he's receiving coming, what operation his plan to get this information is simply not available. and then it needs to frugal. the cyber outage also disrupted global air travel, massive cues, and frustrated passengers, as thousands of flights were cancelled and tens of thousands delayed. i arrived at the airport and saw this long queue. the staff informed us that the system was down
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and there was nothing they could do. we just had to stand and wait on people and was all like once they've been worrying, is that one company has such an impact on the global economy and the life of the planet. but the, the, the ceo of that one company quickly issued an apology, were deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers to travelers to anyone affected by this, including our company. so we know what the issue is, we're resolving and have resolved the issue. now it's recovering systems that are out there. but given the sheer scale of the impact, it is unclear just how long it will take to recover those systems. spend hope peace is the lead for cyber security policy and resilience at interface. a european think tank specializing in information technology. i asked him how long it might take to
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get global i to services back up and running. i think that can take quite some time this. some of the systems that can automatically be updated that will revert back to functional mode. some of the things need to be done manually. and some of the pages where it's difficult to access them where it will take maybe days more weeks . and then on top of that, of course you asked the operational the days cause work and but you have to work on all the backups that you have. so we're going to see like days and weeks of burning back to moment i would say in the simplest terms possible, how could a routine software update go so wrong? well, the update was not the arrow free and it won't tested before it was pushed all the computers worldwide. something that's a pretty stomach process that shouldn't be done here. and that's why in the end of the day, they pushed all the company, pushed all the updates that was able to bring all the computers and what you have to know about i p secuity software is they are deeply rooted in the computer
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science model, privileges and that's why they can cost of travel. so let's be really clear about this. what you're saying is essentially they didn't follow the normal procedures. well, as it looks right now, um this should have never passed the quality test. so you can assume that they didn't do the quality test or they didn't do it correctly. there was a reference to this in our report, but the question bears repeating. how can it be that one company essentially has enough power to bring down so many of the world's computers? it's the stuff of hollywood movies. well, i wouldn't look at it like that. i would look at it like we did, it lies everything in our lives and everything runs of software. and most of the software is done. and i still use microsoft running, microsoft running a lot of different software that deep access, especially i to security software and windows companies on the so many computers. when something goes wrong with the software, it would cost and their old world wide,
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but does not depend on this $1.00 software of the good done any other i to security software? what's likely to happen with this company is whoever the impression left they're facing? liability depends on the initial loss of the where they have to pay fines and everything i think as of now, it really stands to reason that that this company will survive it. but what the damages will be with it within the days and weeks to unfold. uh, definitely a huge blow to their reputation and the trust that governments and companies happens the company spend one more question for you. how do we ensure that this doesn't ever happen again? i don't think, i don't think you can do that. i mean, we know that quality assurance is a huge part software update. if they haven't done it, there's nothing more you can do is they don't photos dollars. you can find that we've been regulated by the end of the day. it kind of happened again and we was
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like, you see it happen get and all that stuff. that is us friend, her piece, cyber security expert from berlin. we thank you very much for your time and most especially your perspective. thank you. it is all says it's investigating how its defenses failed to prevent a growing, striking, central, tel aviv the wrong back truth. the militia in yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed one person and injured at least 10 others who was driving strike right in the hall to tel aviv writing down, slaps no shots of glass, just meters from the us embassy. even for a nation. well, this was a startling strike. the rainy and made drone appears to have come from the mediterranean sea. no average alarms, which triggered under devoid did the iron dime defend system. the lady army said it
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was investigating and it would take all actions necessary to protect the country. these really air force he's currently examining the incident, including the reason of why no alerts were found. this is not a still c y v. this is there any ronnie? i knew we'd be, it was detected by our systems. we're examining the circumstances of why it wasn't intercepted. humans who's the rebel forces claimed responsibility declaring tel aviv as a quote, primary target. no, for the doing was the drone force of the many who see armed forces with all those help carry down to military operation. the targeted one of the important targets in the occupied jessica area known as television by the israelis light. it was a nice little alien. i mean, the united nations condemned to strike and calls the cause. the
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secretary general remains deeply concerned about the risk such a dangerous expos for further escalation in the region. you are just all to exercise maximum restraint, deescalate, to avoid further inflaming the situation in the region. the israeli army believes the drone was lowered from yemen, raising the question of habit travelled more than 2000 kilometers without being intercepted. this was not the 1st time the many rebels of targeted is valid drones, but it is the 1st lease or strike by they receive on is riley soil. you a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. bank of the veterans government has imposed a nationwide curfew and deployed the army. after days of student protests that have left dozens dead authorities in the capital dot gov, the epa standard. the violence has also banned all public gatherings. protesters have been marching for weeks to demand changes to
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a quarter system for government jobs. according to russia has sentence, wall street journal reporter evan goose go back to 16 years in prison. the closed door proceeding found him guilty on charges of working with us intelligence to monitor a russian factory, making tanks for the war and ukraine is newspaper and the white house denied the charge. at least 11 people or dead and 30 more are missing following a partial bridge collapse in north western china. heavy rains and flash flooding costs of the disaster in china is sean g province. state media says rescue operations are under way to recover some 20 missing vehicle. steven germany transel, olaf schultz has launch. is s p. d. parties campaign for regional elections in the eastern state of saxony. the far right alternative for germany party is ahead in the polls there. sholtes he's hoping to narrow that lead ahead of the election in
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september. the german trying slot is not a popular man these days, especially in this part of eastern germany. but he came to support his party's campaign ahead of reaching his elections in september, the method she brought to the city of rest and continued support for your train dots. fine, good board is must not be changed by force pressed status or policy. it has guaranteed peace and security, and you are not in all bogged down on the trans less words do not said well with many protests does. some even accused him of feuding the will by sending alms to ukraine. it's also a demonstration against the government showing that we do not agree with this war mongering schedule. it's about finding ways to make peace, no matter how sex. and he is one of 3 east and german states heading to the ballot books. and just a few weeks pulled showed the far right alternative for germany. the
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a if the leading here ahead of the conservative christian democrats and you populous potty b. s. w. that makes us leftist and conservative policies is currently in 3rd, both the a if d and b s w, a known for the kremlin friendly stance. the trans last social democrats that projected to when just 7 percent of the vote. this is a cause for concern for many who attended the event. what's the most that you've inspection needs to stay with the government without the participation of the d and b s. w absolutely frightens me for the sake of democracy, it scares me that i don't know what things are heading. and supporters of schultz, the social democrats, very, there's not enough time to catch up with the competition. and elsewhere, protestors in spain or calling on the government to do more to fight climate changes the countries health services issue. a nationwide heat wave warning forecasters expect temperatures to hit upwards of 44 degrees celsius in the south
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this weekend. that's a 111 degrees fahrenheit. playing outside has become impossible, and many adults also prefer not to always on the streets at the moment. or they hope for some cooling watch out from the spain this experiencing is sylvia. a huge wave with temperatures of more than 40 degrees, and many people here fear that the worst is get to come to now that's happening now with this. temperatures can easily be to $48.00 degrees. that's just crazy, regardless of like that, what have you been doing with noise that i get? i'm trying to escape from the city to the beach or even out of the country. but the heat is not only exhausting. it's also a huge code for us, especially for elderly people. spain has reports, it's more than 20000 feet related. that's in the past 8 years. hot summers have always been part of live here in southern spain,
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but extreme temperatures are undoubtedly becoming more frequent. and they show that climate change is not just something that will happen sometime in the future, but it's something happening here and know many low cuz even fee of that civilian may no longer be habitable at some point. and that calling on the local government to take more green spaces, entries show not only provide shades but also cool. the city will not under commotion just like an air conditioner and hot hit for cheat. the temperature naturally drops. this is important anywhere in the world, but especially in soviet, when we have more and more hot, these green climate change makes life and the city a morning more difficult that's appropriate for them for need or live. you gotta, you gotta know through that forecasts say that the heat wave with slowly subsides at the beginning of next week. but people here fear that these are not the last days of this summer. he's reminder of the top story we're following for you.
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businesses across the globe, or slowly recovering from a tech out ex, traced, or faulty software for rights were grounded in the u. s. u. k, spain, germany, and australia. broadcasters and financial markets have also been disrupted. more news and 45 minutes. the can you see is what old cars miles have to do with the production. here's a hands on real media much now on youtube the la.

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