Online conspiracy theories abound after major global IT crash

A faulty software update to an antivirus program operating on Microsoft Windows on Friday not only caused technology outages across the world, affecting companies and services from airlines and banks to TV channels and financial institutions, but also the proliferation of conspiracy theories on social media. The event illustrates the "volatile nature of the information ecosystem," Rafi Mendelsohn, vice president at the disinformation security company Cyabra, told AFP.