Tag: outage
CrowdStrike outage affects our digital dependencies
The Crowdstrike episode last Friday has jolted the global community into realising the inherent risks of an increasingly centralised digital infrastructure. The outage, which paralysed systems across the Microsoft Windows platform, had cascading effects on banks, airlines and stock market trading, apart from media outlets, including in India. While it is fortunate that the incident …
CrowdStrike’s Role In the Microsoft IT Outage, Explained
The major Microsoft IT outage on Friday that grounded flights, sent TV stations off air, and disrupted online hospital systems has been linked to a third party—a cybersecurity technology firm named CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike’s CEO George Kurtz has spoken out about the outage, apologizing for the disruption caused. As the fallout from the event continues to …
IT outage fixes ‘could still take some time’ – as cybersecurity company CEO apologises for chaos | US News
US company says the issue is “not a security incident or cyberattack” but is a “defect” in a “single content update for Windows hosts”. By Andy Hayes, news reporter Friday 19 July 2024 14:18, UK The source of the global IT outage has been “identified” and a “fix deployed” but it “could take some time”, …
Microsoft IT Outage: Flights, Banks, More Disrupted Worldwide
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday. Escalating disruptions continued hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. The website DownDectector, which tracks user-reported internet outages, recorded growing outages …