 linked to the company CrowdStrike. Thousands of flights and train services were canceled globally, including more than 1,800 in the U.S., and there were disruptions to many other public and retail services. North Carolina was not immune to the worldwide computer crisis related to the software updated by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Jim Weavers, the secretary of the State Department of Information Technology and chief information officer, tells NCN News that fixes are being made.