The National Lottery is down, with UK users unable to access their accounts on the site and app.
It comes a day after a global IT outage hit due to a defective updaterolled out by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, impacting airports, businesses and the NHS.Thousands of people reported issues with the National Lottery site on Downdetector from around 8.30pm on Friday evening.The site said: "Our online services are temporarily unavailable."Sorry about that - we'll get you back in the game as soon as possible.
"Read more: Travel misery continues as global IT outage 'could take weeks to clear' - with over 5,000 flights cancelled worldwideRead more: Boss of company behind global IT outage 'sincerely apologises' for worldwide chaos sparked by software bugResponding to the issue, the National Lottery said in a social media post: "We are aware that some players are having issues accessing our website and app.
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