Banks, airlines and media hit by global outage involving Windows computers

A widespread outage in the Windows system affects several areas of business, airlines, banks and social networks such as ABC And Sky Newswhen the broadcast was interrupted, The keeper.

Portugal has also been hit hard, with NOS, MEO and Vodafone experiencing problems, according to Downdetector.

Crowdstrike explained that on Windows computers the screen was completely blue and the situation is being investigated. The issue is related to the Falcon Sensor antivirus product, which underwent a fatal update to the operating system functionality.

“I am aware of a large-scale technical outage affecting a number of businesses and services across Australia this afternoon. Our current information is that this outage is related to a technical issue with a third-party software platform used by the affected businesses,” Australia’s national cybersecurity coordinator Michelle McGuinness told Platform X.

Contacted The keeperMicrosoft has advised that users may experience difficulties accessing Cloud 365.

“Our services are in the process of being restored as we take mitigation measures,” Microsoft wrote about the X platform.

Airports affected by global power outage:
– Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands;
– Edinburgh Airport, Scotland;
– Manchester Airport, England
– Berlin Airport, Germany;
– Dusseldorf Airport, Germany;
– Hamburg Airport, Germany;
– Prague Airport;
– Airports of Portugal;
– Hong Kong Airport, China

ANA says restrictions are expected at national airports as airlines and service providers are affected by a global Microsoft outage and is asking passengers to keep themselves informed of the status of their flights.

The UK rail network is also experiencing disruptions, companies say, indicating technical problems.

Britain’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), warned passengers on Friday to expect disruption due to “widespread issues” with information technology (IT).

GTR, the parent company of Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern rail lines, issued a warning on social media.

“We are currently experiencing widespread IT issues across our network. Our IT teams are actively investigating the root cause of the issue,” the company added, warning of the cancellation.

The London Stock Exchange operated as usual, but some of its information services were unavailable due to third-party technical problems, its page said.

A large-scale technical outage has been reported in Australia, affecting several companies, according to the National Cyber ​​Security Coordination Office.

In the central region of the United States, on Thursday evening, the American low-cost airline Frontier Airlines already announced the cancellation of several flights and the temporary suspension of operations due to problems with booking, check-in, and access to boarding passes.

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