A worldwide cyber outage affected computer systems across the U.S. and around the world, with impacts on airlines, banks and other systems.

The issue was apparently triggered by a software update from the CrowdStrike cybersecurity firm. The CEO of CrowdStrike said they were “actively working with customers” globally and that a fix was being deployed. CEO George Kurtz added that “this is not a security incident or a cyberattack.”

In Wichita, the outage affected records systems for the Police Department, along with other systems.   Sedgwick County closed its tag offices because of the outage. The county treasurer’s office is open, but it was only able to process payments by check or cash for customers with their bill in hand.   Treasure Brandi Baily said the motor vehicle system is on the state software and that was still down Friday morning, so the tag offices were closed.

The county’s chief information officer, Mike Elpers, said the software update had a negative impact on all Windows devices.  He said about 75 to 80 percent of the county’s work stations received the update.   Elpers said his staff worked throughout the night late Thursday into Friday morning to get systems back online, and he said they were making good progress.

At Eisenhower National Airport, most flights were still scheduled but several had been canceled or delayed.   A ground stop was declared for Delta, United and American Airlines.  A statement from American Airlines says they have since been able to safely re-establish their operations. It’s unclear how long the grounding will continue for the other airlines.

The real-time sign information, live traffic cameras, and incident notifications were not functioning on the KanDrive.org web site Friday morning.  The Kansas Department of Labor was unable to deliver its June Labor Report, and it will be presented at a later time.

The Kansas Office of Information Technology Services said it had received fixes from CrowdStrike and work continues to restore systems.