2024-07-20 14:02:44
Companies around the world from airlines to financial institutions, media groups and more were hit globally by a computer outage caused by a technical glitch in the CrowdStrike cybersecurity software today.
The British newspaper, Financial Times, reported that the service outage was due to a glitch during an update to the “CrowdStrike” program, which caused a problem in the Windows system.
Airports around the world have warned of potential delays due to problems with computer systems technology.
In the United States, the US Federal Aviation Administration said that American Airlines had grounded aircraft due to a communications problem.
In the Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport authorities announced that flights at the airport were affected due to a malfunction in the computer systems.
In Australia, Sydney Airport announced that a “global technical failure” had affected its operations, and asked passengers to expect delays, while the Australian ABC network reported that the failure had affected banks, airports, supermarkets and businesses across Australia and the world.
In turn, the company operating Brandenburg Airport in Berlin, Germany, announced the suspension of flights due to a malfunction in the computer systems, as there was a delay in checking in passengers due to the malfunction, adding: It cannot announce the date of resuming flights.
Meanwhile, Aena, Spain’s main airport operator, said “operations are being carried out using manual systems” due to an incident in its IT system.
Spain announced that all its airports were experiencing technical problems.
Turkish Airlines also said today that it is experiencing problems with its reservation, passenger check-in and ticketing systems due to a global technical glitch.
In Britain, Sky News announced that it would stop broadcasting live today. David Rhodes, the network’s chief executive, said: “Sky News was unable to broadcast live television this morning, and we are currently informing viewers that we apologise for the interruption.”
Britain’s largest rail operator also said it was facing “extensive” technical problems and warned of cancellations.
Commenting on the incident, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said: “We are aware of reports of a bug in the Windows operating system of one of the servers and are working to address it.”
Last updated: July 19, 2024 – 13:14
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2024-07-20 14:02:44