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Samoa's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Issues Statement on Global IT Outage
Samoa's MCIT warns of disruptions from a global Microsoft Windows outage and cautions against opportunistic hacking attempts.
A global IT outage caused by a software update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor affected roughly 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices, including critical sectors such as healthcare, media, finance, airlines, and local government. Samoa's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has issued a statement indicating that Samoa, as a Microsoft user, may experience impacts on some operating systems, excluding Linux and Apple. MCIT is monitoring the situation and has warned against opportunistic hacking attempts linked to the outage, urging IT teams and the public to seek guidance from the Ministry’s SamCert unit for advice and support.
- Status
- active
- Location
- Samoa (Apia)
- Date added
- 2026-03-25 20:07 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-03-25 20:07 UTC
- Source
- https://samoaglobalnews.com
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