A raft of global institutions – including hospitals, major banks, media outlets and airlines – have reported a mass IT outage, affecting their ability to offer services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International airports including in India, Hong Kong, the UK, and the US have reported issues, and several airlines have grounded flights and reported delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency services have also been affected with some hospitals cancelling surgeries and the US state of Alaska warning its 911 system may be unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyber security firm Crowdstrike has confirmed the cause of the worldwide outage was a result of their defective software update for its Microsoft Windows hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” their statement said, assuring it was not a cyberattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We further recommend organizations ensure they\u2019re communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels,” it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier , an official Microsoft 365 service update posted to X said “we’re investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Microsoft spokesperson told the media on Friday that “the majority of services were recovered” hours earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, companies are scrambling trying to resolve issues with the IT outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many broadcast networks in Australia were scrambling on air as systems failed, while some went completely off air as a result of the issues. It is now back on air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several supermarkets were also crippled, with payment systems down. Hospitals in Germany and Israel have reported disruptions, as well as GP services in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Travel plans across the globe have also been thrown into disarray, with flight, taxis and rail affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Airports across Europe, the US and the global south-east have reported system failures, with many passengers having to “manually” do processes typically done by machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong’s Airport Authority said the outage was affecting some of the global airlines at Hong Kong International Airport, with said airlines switching to manual check-in. Flight operations had not been affected, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the US, airlines United, Delta and American Airlines have issued a “global ground stop” on all of their flights, while Australian carriers Virgin and Jetstar have delayed or cancelled flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled around the world following the outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Airports in Tokyo, Berlin and Prague have also been reportedly affected. Switzerland’s largest airport in Zurich has said planes are currently not allowed to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for the home affairs ministry in Australia – which has been particularly hard hit – said the outage appeared to be related to an issue at a cyber-security firm, while the country’s cybersecurity watchdog said there was no information to suggest a malicious attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies,” they said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alaskan officials said many 911 and non-emergency call centres were not working properly, but Australian authorities say triple-0 call centres – the main emergency contact in the country – are not affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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