Thousands of Windows-based IT systems reported failures on Friday morning. Initial reports suggest a faulty update from the security company CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike monitors computers and networks 24/7, looking for signs of hackers or computer viruses. If it finds anything suspicious, it immediately raises an alarm and helps resolve the problem, keeping companies’ data and systems safe from online threats.
Now, however, an update appears to have failed. This affects thousands of IT systems. While the problems in the USA already occurred on Friday night, they spread to Australia and Europe on Friday.
The emergency call in New York is said to have failed. In addition, a number of planes remained on the ground and passengers might not be checked in. The US budget airline Frontier Airlines was among those affected. Delta Air Lines and American Airlines also reported problems and stopped flights. The airports in Berlin and Zurich also reported problems.
According to the television station n-tv, there were reports from Australia, Great Britain, the USA and India. Banks, airports, petrol stations and also television stations were affected. In Great Britain, the news channel Sky News was unable to broadcast.
Vorarlberg: Operations postponed
According to media reports, Crowdstrike has also already spoken out. “We have received several reports of BSODs on Windows hosts that occur with different versions,” reads the support page. The faulty update has now been reversed. However, affected computers are not currently benefiting from this.
In Vorarlberg, the hospital in Dornbirn also confirmed the problems. According to vol.at, some operations even had to be postponed. In Tyrol, too, operations in the critical infrastructure were severely restricted, including the Tyrol control center and the Kufstein hospital. Emergency calls worked, and the hospital in Kufstein was working in emergency mode.
Shortly following 10 a.m., the Communications Department of the Province of Upper Austria responded to an OÖN inquiry by saying that they currently did not know anything regarding any affected companies, facilities or institutions in the province.
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Martin Roithner
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Martin Roithner
