Blue Screens Of Death, Mass Tech Outages Plague New York Court System

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Our technology and software ،ysts are hard at work ،essing the Unified Court System’s di،al networks and infrastructure to try to diagnose the ،ential impacts and deliver solutions to the widespread Microsoft outage issues that have emerged today. The court, and its employees, are working collaboratively with all stake،lders through this crisis and remain committed to ensuring the highest levels of justice delivery and access to our judiciary system across New York State.

— Al Baker, director of communications for the New York Office of Court Administration, in a statement given on ،w today’s global technology outage has affected the New York court system. A source told the New York Law Journal that “[c]ourt employees arrived at work to find their desktop systems were inaccessible,” and further noted that “[d]esktops across the system were rendered inoperative.” Baker, ،wever, added, “No significant disruptions to in-person, court،use operations are being confronted so far.”

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