Latest live updates on a major IT outage spreading worldwide – MASHAHER

London Stock Exchange Group on Friday said it is investigating technical issues after it was hit by a global IT outage affecting its pricing data and news communications.

In a notice on its website, LSEG said that it is “currently experiencing a 3rd party global technical issue, preventing news from being published on www.londonstockexchange.com.”

“Technical teams are working to restore the service. Other services across the Group, including London Stock Exchange continue to operate as normal,” the exchange group added.

LSEG’s Eikon data platform was also affected by technical issues Friday morning.

When logging into the platform, a notice at the top of the site reads: “We’re sorry for the inconvenience. You will need to restart workspace. If you need help, please contact us.”

LSEG was not immediately available to provide a comment when contacted by CNBC Friday.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally.

The outage resulted from an issue with the latest update, the company said. CrowdStrike is now in the process of rolling back that update globally.

— Katrina Bishop

Microsoft’s cloud services have been restored after suffering an outage, the company said on Friday.

The U.S. tech giant said late on Thursday that customers in the Central U.S. region may experience issues with multiple Azure services and its Microsoft 365 suite of apps. This could include “failures with service management operations and connectivity or availability of services.”

On Friday, Microsoft said it determined the underlying cause and the majority of services were recovered. However, the company said that some customers may still experience issues in the region.

“A small subset of services is still experiencing residual impact,” Microsoft said.

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— Arjun Kharpal