Microsoft has admitted that a bug in an update to its platform CrowdStrike Falconone of the Windows protection systemshas caused chaos, also assures that it is working to reverse these changes.
The failure has been massive and affects banks, institutions, organizations and hospitals; among them the computer system of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that prevented the delivery of uniforms and accreditations.
All the flights of major US airliness as Delta, United y American Airlines were grounded in the early hours of July 19 due to a power outage, which affected all U.S. airline flights, regardless of their destination.
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In Australia the supermarket payment system as Woolworths and banks like NAB, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank y Bendigo Bank has presented failures, according to the state channel ABC.
Chaos at airports and transports
The computer problem has caused cancellations of domestic flights in Japanas well as crashes on a railway system website and disabled cash registers in various businesses, while the Emirates Telecommunications Authority also reported the failures produced by the “CrowdStrike Program Update”.
In Europe, many airports and airlines are affected. This is the case of Heathrow Airport in Londonone of the busiest airports, where contingency plans were implemented to minimise the impact on travel. Also the airports of Luton, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Manchester, Rome, Schiphol, Berlin, Zurich and Krakow.
In Spain, early in the morning Aena (manager of Spanish airports) warned of possible Delays due to system disruptions and at the network’s airports in Spain in the middle of the summer season, a period of great influx. In fact, 7,400 operations were scheduled for July 19.
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Airlines and airports in Southeast Asia have also confirmed that they are suffering from computer problems. Among the affected airlines is the Singaporean airline Singapore Airlinesthe Filipino Cebu Pacific or Malaysia Air Asiaamong others. Singapore’s Changi Airport, one of Southeast Asia’s main transport hubs, and Thailand’s Don Mueang Airport, north of Bangkok, have also been affected.
Key sectors of daily life in Denmark, Sweden and Norway were affected on July 19 by the global failure of Microsoft’s cloud computing services, as they had computer problems, for example, Copenhagen airport, thepublic transport from several Swedish cities and several businesses in Norway.
The Danish Press Agency Ritzau Copenhagen Airport reported that it had experienced problems with its “computer systems,” said Juli Pi Boll, press officer for the Danish capital’s airport infrastructure.
“There are some companies that have to billing passengers manuallyand they take a little longer than usual,” said the head of Copenhagen Airport, referring to delays that passengers were experiencing due to the fact that other international airports were also experiencing problems.
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The Danish Railway Company DSB It also had problems providing its services over the Internet, according to local press reports.
In Swedenaccording to the Swedish agency TTalso experienced difficulties “several airlines” at airports owned by Swedavia, the public company that manages air traffic control in most of the country.
In addition, Swedish public transport was also affected in several cities, as the Passengers had problems when purchasing their tickets in the southern Swedish provinces of Blekinge and Småland, Halland (southeast) and Södermanland (centre), according to TT.
Other affected services
In the UK, some British airlines, the London Stock Exchangerailway companies, airports and the television network Sky have registered interruptions this Friday.
CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We…
— George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) July 19, 2024
Even the hospitals in Israel were affected, the local newspaper reported Times of IsraelThe Magen David Adom emergency service also said in a statement that it was experiencing difficulties receiving calls to its line and asked citizens to contact the police in case of emergency.
He Denmark’s Cyber Security Centrethe Danish national computer security authority, said it was aware of “problems in several locations” experienced by “Windows customers.”
For their part, German media report that companies such as Bank entities People’s Bank, Savings Bank y Deutsche Bank; the telecoms Deutsche Telekom y Vodafone; and the insurer Allianz have suffered problems due to this failure.
In addition, the automobile operations Tesla and Mercedes-Benz have also been partially affected in Germany, although these problems have not reached the railway company Deutsche Bahn, whose trains are operating normally.
In Norway, problems associated with the failure of Microsoft’s cloud computing services on Friday affected several companies, such as Pharmacy 1 the biggest pharmacy chain of this Nordic nation, with more than 400 headquarters, which had to close due to “technical problems” in the city of Bodø (center), according to the Norwegian press agency NTB.
The same problems were faced by the pharmacy chain as well. Vestbywhile the newspaper AftenpostenNorway’s second-largest newspaper, also acknowledged experiencing “difficulties” with some of its computers, according to NTB.
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