2024-07-19 11:51:13
- In Australia, even supermarkets, the police, national television and radio stopped working
- European airports are heavily affected by the problem
- Bulbank briefly stopped in Bulgaria
- CrowdStirke updated the software without prior testing
Global IT meltdown is due to cyber security firm, experts say.
The company is in the business of “providing real-time attack indicators, detection and protection” of potential cybersecurity threats. One of its biggest customers is Microsoft, which has been hit hard by the crash. Among those affected are many more banks, stock exchanges, television and online media, as well as airports around the world.
CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 and works with large corporations, governments, global banks, healthcare and energy companies around the world, writes CNN.
The crash appears to have affected Windows computers running CrowdStrike. They get a blue screen saying that the computer has detected a problem and needs to restart.
According to experts, the reason lies in a worldwide software update that was made without prior testing.
Microsoft said it is working to fix the problem, but users may have trouble accessing all of their apps.
Who was affected by the crash:
– IN Australia even the work of supermarkets, the police, national televisions and radios is blocked. IN New Zealand banks are closed.
– Television Sky News in the UK has stopped broadcasting because of the problem. The system for saving doctor’s appointments in the country also does not work. French television “Channel+” and Te Ef 1 were also affected by the collapse.
– Changi Airport in Singapore is also affected by the crash. Online check-in does not work for some airlines. “Changi” serves 95 million passengers annually and is the leader in the ranking of the best airports in the world.
– IN Israel hospital systems and other health services are affected.
– New Delhi Airport is also affected by the problem, with the systems of six of the country’s airlines not working online.
– Europe is also heavily affected by the global IT network crash. Online systems do not work on Gatwick Airport in London, Berlin Airport, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdamas well as airports in Edinburgh, Madrid, Barcelona and Prague.
– IN Austria hospitals are also affected in addition to airports. Among them is a hospital in Tyrol, which had to switch to an emergency mode of operation. Life support equipment is not affected, but ambulatory examinations cannot be performed at this time. At a hospital in Vorarlberg, planned operations have had to be postponed and new patients are being diverted to other medical facilities.
– From the low-cost airline Ryanair they want passengers three hours before the flight because online check-in doesn’t work. Turkish Airlines reported a problem with ticketing.
– From Sofia Airport reported that they are currently unaffected by the crash. Bullbank however, it stopped working for a while but recovered.
– IN Denmark crash disables fire alarm system in Copenhagen, Scandinavian airline SAS is also affected.
– IN USA The Federal Civil Aviation Agency has suspended the flights of three of the country’s airlines – “American Airlines, United and Delta.
– IN Belgium Brussels and Charleroi airports were partially affected by the collapse, as were two hospitals
Cyber security company CrowdStrike told the BBC that the problem was not due to a cyber attack. At the moment, only Windows users are affected, and there is no problem with Mac and Linux.