TOPEKA – The Kansas Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) confirmed that a software update from vendor partner CrowdStrike has impacted services for Executive Branch agencies.

This was not a cybersecurity attack and there is no threat to life safety services.

CrowdStrike, a vendor partner, deployed an update late Thursday evening and into the early morning hours of Friday, impacting servers and computers. CrowdStrike has provided fixes, and OITS is working closely with them and the Executive Branch agencies to remediate any issues. This is a global problem, impacting many beyond Kansas.

Services continue to be restored online. We cannot provide an estimated time for each service’s restoration.

More information will be provided as things develop.

Please direct any questions to Allie Denning, Director of Public Affairs, OITS. She can be reached at allie.denning@ks.gov.

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