RTFri, 19 Jul 2024 07:23 UTC
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Airports and other key infrastructure sites around the world have reported disruptions amid problems with communications
Disruption to air traffic control systems is being reported around the world. Preliminary reports say a computer glitch may be causing the problem. Issues have arisen in the US, Spain, Germany, Australia, and elsewhere, with authorities forced to cancel takeoffs and landings due to safety concerns.
The failure may have been caused by a software update that locks Microsoft operating systems and is reportedly not restricted to airlines.
Some banks, emergency services, broadcasters, and financial institutions are also said to have been affected.Computers using Windows 10 OS are reportedly crashing and showing "the blue screen of death" (BSOD) after an update for a security product provided by the firm CrowdStrike. The company is reportedly working on resolving the issue.
Brody Nisbet, CrowdStrike's chief threat hunter, has offered a
workaround to deal with what he called a "faulty channel file" related to the Falcon Sensor cybersecurity app.
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From the article:
Computers using Windows 10 OS are reportedly crashing and showing "the blue screen of death" (BSOD) after an update for a security product provided by the firm CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike! Are they joking, but it could be just incompetence. There is no evidence in a name, however in this case it is a bit funny.
Brody Nisbet, CrowdStrike's chief threat hunter, has offered a workaround to deal with what he called a "faulty channel file" related to the Falcon Sensor cybersecurity app.
The suggestion was posted on X.com
MailOnline carried this headline in the last updated version from 08:18 UTC, 19 July 2024
Global tech outage grounds airlines, shuts down banks, hits the NHS and puts Sky News off air: Airports across the world are plunged into chaos after Microsoft crash freezes systems
A massive Microsoft outage has sparked chaos around the world - grounding flights and knocking hospitals, GP surgeries, train services, banks, stock exchanges and TV channels offline.
The technical fault has caused Windows computers to suddenly shut down, prompting departure boards to suddenly turn off at airports including Gatwick and Edinburgh on one of the busiest days for global aviation since Covid.
Britain's biggest train firm told passengers to expect delays due to 'widespread IT issues', Ryanair and Wizz Air are warning of 'disruption', and NHS staff have described logging on to find most of the non-clinical systems are down.
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The incident gives an example of how delicate our digital infrastructure is.
See also: Flashback
How a programmer broke the internet by deleting a tiny piece of code
What is our current context? Klaus has projected a global "cyberpandemic". There have been many reported data breaches and "local" cyberattacks over the past year.
What is the intent? To get people to migrate from Windows 10 to 11? Windows 11 has had many issues. Is this the background/foundation for the global "cyberpandemic"?