Microsoft, which hosts cloud services for businesses and governments, said it was struggling with service outages after a breach caused by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
Mark Lennihan/AP
hide caption
convert caption
Mark Lennihan/AP
Technology failures disrupted operations at airlines, banks, hospitals and emergency services on Friday.
Thousands of Microsoft users are reporting sudden disconnections, and the culprit is believed to be cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which regularly experiences glitches during software updates.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a bug found in a single content update for Windows servers,” the company said in a statement.
According to CrowdStrike, customers using Mac and Linux operating systems are not affected.
When a faulty update crashed computer systems, scores of airport passengers were stranded, hospital appointments were postponed and live news broadcasts were cut short.
CrowdStrike said it was not a cyberattack but a software glitch. The company said the issue has been identified and a fix has been sent to customers.
But earlier, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines canceled all flights.
In some states, including Alaska And Ohio911 phone line is down.
Non-emergency activities have been canceled in hospitals in Germany and doctor in uk had difficulty accessing basic medical records due to software issues.
Passengers wait in front of check-in counters at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schönefeld, Germany, on Friday after widespread technology outages disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world.
Christoph Soeder/AP/DPA
hide caption
convert caption
Christoph Soeder/AP/DPA
London Stock Exchange news service Stopped working.
IN France And AustraliaThe live TV show was interrupted.
The crashed computer displayed a message saying “Windows doesn’t appear to be loading properly” on a blue screen, sometimes called the “blue screen of death,” leaving some travelers stranded. share video of the blue error screen displayed on the big screen at the airport.
“This is clearly a big loss for CrowdStrike,” said WedBush analyst Dan Ives.
While server-related outages are common, the scale of the CrowdStrike incident surprised many tech observers.
“This IT outage is a stark reminder of how dependent we are on technology and how much goes on behind the scenes that most of us are unaware of,” said Adam Robinson, chief technology officer at Louisville. on X. “Modern society and the many conveniences we enjoy are a fragile thing.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
