Delta Airlines canceled one-third of its flights over the weekend due to the IT outage|Caribb|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Microsoft disclosed over the weekend that the faulty software update by CrowdStrike has affected 8.5 million (1%) Windows devices. The software update triggered systems problems that grounded flights and affected banking, healthcare, and other businesses.

Delta Airlines canceled one-third of its flights, causing travel nightmares for millions of passengers.

More than 1,700 domestic flights were canceled on Sunday. United Airlines called off about 5.5% of its operations, affecting hundreds of flights.

Microsoft is working with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, sharing information about the outage and its effect.