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Impacts of IT outage felt on Island are due to 'supply-chain' issues

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike 'actively working' to fix defect

A global IT outage is still affecting some services on the Isle of Man.

Manx Care has seen several GP practices hit and the Steam Packet Company says it can only currently accept cash payments onboard.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike say they're 'actively working' to fix a defect in an update for Microsoft Windows users which sparked the incident.

The company's boss has admitted it could be 'some time' before all systems are back up and running - with some experts warning that it could take days for big organisations to get back to normal.

Andy Cuff is the CEO of Computer Network Defence - which has a base in Ballasalla. 

He says the impacts felt here come down to a 'supply chain' issue:

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