Some Exelon information systems affected by global cyber outage
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NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) -Some information systems at Exelon Corporation EXC.O and its local electric and natural gas utilities were affected by the global tech outage, the U.S. power company said on Friday.
Exelon, which is based in Chicago and is one of the largest electric companies in the United States, said it was still assessing the impact of the cyber disruption.
"As a result of a third-party worldwide technology issue, we have implemented processes to continue to support operations, including processing and responding to electric and natural gas emergencies and outages safely and reliably," Exelon said in a statement. "We are continuing to assess the impact of this third-party event and activate contingency and recovery plans."
Several U.S. power utilities, including one run by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, reported issues in connection with worldwide cyber outages across numerous industries following an update by CrowdStrike CRWD.O for Microsoft Windows hosts.
Reporting by Laila Kearney
Editing by Marguerita Choy
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