‘You can’t trust people anymore’ | Scammers target Louisville travelers after nationwide tech outage | News from WDRB [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Scammers are targeting Louisville area travelers who were trying to fly during last week’s major technology outage that impacted several airlines and businesses across the country.

Businesses and governments worldwide experienced hours-long disruptions earlier this month as a widespread technology outage affected services across industries. Flights were grounded and numerous hospitals, small businesses and government offices were disrupted.

At the heart of the massive disruption is CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides software to scores of companies worldwide. The company says the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows, noting that the issue behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack.

Scammers saw an opportunity after the disruption.

“It was awful. I didn’t want to fly to begin with,” Ed Nedell, a La Grange man who flew last week. “I’ve never seen disarray like I saw there.”

Nedell was stuck at Dallas Love Field the day after the initial …