A global IT outage has affected businesses worldwide, including airlines, banks, telecommunications companies, TV and radio stations, and supermarkets in some countries.
Reports say the outage has hit airports in Germany, Spain, and the United States.
The leading airlines in the United States, like American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines, have been stopped.
In the UK, all four of Govia Thameslink Railway’s brands—Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, and Great Northern—said their routes had widespread IT problems.
The company said, “We cannot access driver diagrams at certain locations, which could mean short-notice cancellations, especially on the Thameslink and Great Northern networks.”
“Other important systems are also being impacted, such as our real-time customer information platforms.”
Sky News said that the problem might be hitting Windows PCs worldwide, including its studios in the UK, which couldn’t show live TV on Friday, July 19, in the morning.
The problem has also been seen in India, the US, and New Zealand.
Statement from CrowdStrike
According to other accounts, the outage is linked to CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity company.
Its “Falcon sensor” is put on a lot of business computers to collect security information.
CrowdStrike said in a statement that it is aware of claims that the Falcon sensor is crashing Windows hosts.
The company said users may see a check or blue screen error related to the Falcon sensor.
“Our engineering teams are working on this problem, so there’s no need to open a support ticket. “Status updates will be posted below [on the website] as we get more information, such as when the problem is fixed,” the company said.
A large-scale IT outage in Australia
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator also said that the country has had a significant IT outage that has caused companies to shut down.
They stated they were aware of a “large-scale technical outage” that was hurting many businesses and services nationwide.
The agency said, “From what we know so far, this outage is caused by a technical issue with a third-party software platform the affected companies use.”
People have been told they can’t check in their bags at Sydney Airport because of domestic and foreign terminal delays.
A spokesperson for the airport said that a global technical outage has caused some problems with flight operations and terminal services.
“Flights are coming in and going out right now, but there could be some delays this evening.” A spokesperson for the company said, “We have activated our backup plans with our airline partners and sent more staff to our terminals to help passengers.”
“We don’t have any evidence that it is a cyber security incident.” We are still working with all of the important people.
Melbourne Airport said that some airlines’ check-in processes had been harmed.
“People flying with these airlines this afternoon should give themselves a little extra time to check in.” “Please check with your airline for any changes to your flight,” it said on X.
Dubai airports, UAE airlines, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) react to Microsoft outages.
Check-in steps at DXB have started again, but MoFA is asking people not to do any transactions.
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Crowdstrike is said to have sent out a misbehaving update that caused PCs and computers running their software to crash and be unable to be fixed.
Dubai: The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), Dubai Airports, airlines, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) all put out statements on Friday while businesses were being affected by a vast global IT failure that grounded planes, messed up TV coverage, and affected hospitals and the financial markets.
The TDRA in the UAE has told people who use Crowdstrike software to be careful when making software changes and to wait to update or download until the problem is fixed.
“We inform you that there is a technical defect in the CrowdStrike software update that may affect the electronic systems of the institutions that use it,” TDRA said on Facebook. CrowdStrike is an American cybersecurity technology company that works with big institutions worldwide. CrowdStrike said they knew about a Windows vulnerability on one of the computers, and the TDRA is still monitoring things.
Check-in procedures at DXB are back to normal.
At the same time, Dubai Airport operations went back to normal after the global outage, which caused check-in problems for a short time, according to a representative for the airport told Gulf News. An official from Dubai Airports said, “Dubai International (DXB) is back to normal after a global system outage this morning that made it hard for some airlines to check in in Terminals 1 and 2.”
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“The affected airlines quickly switched to a different system, which allowed normal check-in operations to resume quickly,” they said.
Air Dubai, Emirates’ sister company, said, “The third-party IT problem has not affected our operations.” We are still monitoring the situation closely and are in touch with the seller.
A spokesperson for Emirates said, “We are aware of the global IT disruption and are keeping a close eye on the situation.” At this point, there has been no effect on how Emirates’ flights work. Later today, some flights may be late because of problems at other airports in our network. Customers can find the most up-to-date flight information on our website and app, and they should also make sure that their contact information on their booking is correct.
MoFA: Don’t make any deals.
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the global technical problem hit its electronic systems. “Until this problem is fixed, we advise all users not to make any transactions,” the authority said. MoFA has also told Emiratis living outside of the UAE to check the status of their flights by calling the airlines before going to the airports.
