A widespread technology outage has impacted numerous businesses. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike (CRWD) has identified the source of the disruption as a flaw in a single update for certain Microsoft (MSFT) Windows hosts. CrowdStrike's CEO says that the issue has been identified and restoration efforts are underway.

Yahoo Finance reporters Madison Mills and Jared Blikre analyze the tech crisis, detailing which industries, stocks, and business operations have been affected across various sectors.

This post was written by Angel Smith