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were able to get into the systems another
payroll software.” The outage “could have very serious implications for businesses across the nation, particularly those who process payroll on a weekly basis.” Some U.S. Payroll professionals said that while their main third-party pay systems were not impacted, they could not access the programs because their company’s secure network was unavailable due to the outage. They
way, avoiding the internal network. Others logging on could not
access their pay systems because their computers were displaying the ‘blue screen of death. Fortunately, the reboot process suggested by CrowdStrike was available shortly after the outage occurred, and while most of those paid on Friday may have experienced delays, they generally were paid.
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