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Crowdstrike, Microsoft Windows: Global IT Chaos Persists, Flight Delays Expected Even Today: 10 Point

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Crowdstrike said it had rolled out a fix for the IT outage

Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems worldwide on Friday. Experts, however, said getting them back online would take time.

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Airlines, banks, TV channels and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil for hours by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program.
The breakdown was caused by a malfunctioning software update fed to Microsoft Windows users by CrowdStrike, which specializes in cybersecurity for cloud-based companies.
The outages affected companies or individuals that use CrowdStrike on the Microsoft Windows platform. When they applied the update, the incompatible software crashed computers into a frozen state known as the “Blue Screen of Death.”
In India, several airports issued handwritten boarding passes to passengers. Many IndiGo flights in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Hyderabad airports were cancelled and rescheduled. Airlines today said departures and arrivals were gradually resuming, but delays are expected even now.
Media companies were also struggling, with Britain’s Sky News saying the glitch had ended its morning news broadcasts and Australia’s ABC similarly reporting major difficulties.
CrowdStrike said it had rolled out a fix for the problem and the firm’s boss, George Kurtz said in a statement his teams were “fully mobilised” to help affected customers. Kurtz, however, said it could be “some time” before all systems are back up and running
The global nature of the software failure prompted some commentators to question the reliance on a single provider for such a variety of services.
Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients’ computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed.
Microsoft said in a statement it was taking “mitigation actions” in response to service issues.
CrowdStrike – which previously reached a market cap of about $83 billion – is a major cybersecurity provider, with close to 30,000 subscribers globally. Over half of Fortune 500 companies and many government bodies such as the top US cybersecurity agency use the company’s software.

Centre Issues Advisory On Microsoft Windows Outage

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:21:41 +0000

Centre issued an advisory on the Microsoft Windows outage due to CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’.

New Delhi:

The Centre today issued an advisory on the outage of Microsoft Windows owing to CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’ update.

Union Minister for Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnav informed about the advisory on X social media platform, saying “CERT-In advisory on the outage of Microsoft”.

CERT-In advisory on the outage of Microsoft. https://t.co/QFo6oGqlCGpic.twitter.com/7vmR80cEII

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) July 19, 2024

The CERT-In said it has been reported that Windows hosts related to Crowd strike agent “Falcon Sensor” are facing outages and getting crashed due to a recent update received in the product.

The concerned Windows hosts are experiencing a “Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)” related to Falcon Sensor.

“The issues occurred in the latest update of CrowdStrike and the changes have been reverted by the CrowdStrike Team,” said the cyber security agency, suggesting steps for customers to mitigate the issue.

Meanwhile, former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told IANS that he hopes Microsoft will restore its services soon. “Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Suite are used by millions of Indians. Any disruption on this platform disrupts the business and operations of many companies. The government will work with Microsoft to ensure that services are restored as soon as possible,” he said.

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CrowdStrike shares plunge 20% in pre-market trading after IT outage

admin — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:30:13 +0000

Updated – July 19, 2024 04:30 pm IST

Published – July 19, 2024 04:00 pm IST – Paris

Travelers wait in Terminal 1 for check-in at Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, Friday July 19, 2024. A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday.
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Shares in the cybersecurity group CrowdStrike were down some 20% in pre-market trading on Wall Street on July 19 amid suggestions it was involved in a massive IT outage hitting companies and airports worldwide.

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According to Oleg Gorokhovsky, founder of the Ukrainian online bank Monobank, the outage resulted from “an interaction between the CrowdStrike antivirus” software and the Windows operating system of U.S. tech giant Microsoft, whose shares were down around three percent in pre-market trading.

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