Banks, airlines, and broadcasters worldwide face disruptions as Windows workstations display blue screens of death.
A major Microsoft outage wreaked havoc worldwide, disrupting computer systems, grounding flights, and crippling banks, stock exchanges, payment systems, and emergency services.
The outages are seemingly due to a CrowdStrike-related issue. Crowdstrike, the cybersecurity company, confirmed seeing these blue screens in various locations and is investigating the cause. The issue appears to be linked to its Falcon Sensor product. It's confirmed !! Crowdstrike Issue Guys, they are working on it, in about maybe 45 mins things will be fixsports presenter Jacquie Beltrao posted on X, “We’re obviously not on air – we’re trying.”In Australia, Melbourne airport advised customers it was “experiencing a global technology issue which is impacting check-in procedures for some airlines” and suggested passengers “allow a little extra time to check-in.
Melbourne Airport is experiencing a global technology issue which is impacting check-in procedures for some airlines. Passengers flying with these airlines this afternoon are advised to allow a little extra time to check-in. Please check with your airline for flight updates.“Additionally, other key systems, including our real-time customer information platforms, are also affected. We will provide additional updates when we can.
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