Massive IT outages: How severe are they and who is affected? | DW News

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Published 2024-07-19
A global tech outage is disrupting companies worldwide from airlines to broadcasters and banks. The US is issuing a ground stop on all its flights worldwide, as delays hit Berlin and Amsterdam's Schipol airport -- among many others. In the UK, the London Stock Exchange was temporarily affected along with the Sky News channel, which was unable to broadcast for several hours. Two hospitals in Germany have also canceled non-emergency operations.

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All Comments (21)
  • @SevenStanesMBT
    Crowdstrike certainly seems like an appropriate name....
  • @John-ou4rm
    The conversation that 'needs to be had' will go like this... "You want secondary backup? The total cost will be twice as much"..."Oh, we can't afford that, hopefully it won't happen again".
  • @nathansharma87
    I work for a very small roadside assistance company in Australia and even we went down. Makes you realise how vulnerable and reliant we are as we get pushed more and more digital.
  • @janofe2232
    All civilizations fall when they put all their eggs in one basket...
  • @MiSt3300
    Here in Poland, the only symptom of this was when I was in the shop this morning some of the self checkout mashines had this blue screen, but only 3 out of 10. No issues with my PC in any case
  • @bravewarrior1218
    The widespread disruptions caused by the CrowdStrike update stem from a faulty software modification to its Falcon platform, which is designed to secure Windows systems. This update led to critical errors, notably the "Blue Screen of Death," affecting devices globally. The issue began in Australia and quickly spread, impacting various sectors, including airlines, hospitals, and financial institutions. No malicious cyberattack has been linked to these outages
  • @loudrah326
    Imagine how they will easily switch us on and off once we are all fully digital.....
  • @aceyage
    Open source software has to be the standard!
  • @blackterminal
    Customers world wide apparently are being rude to staff who can't help because of this issue.
  • @ytn00b3
    Glad I'm not with Crowdstrike
  • @SahilTla
    I m using windows 98...no difference.
  • @deano_bites
    Problems have been happening for a number of days now