IT Disruptions Reported Worldwide; Crowdstrike May be Involved

Crowdstrike May Be Behind Worldwide IT Disruptions: Businesses worldwide encountered a major IT outage Friday, as financial services and doctors’ offices were disrupted, while some TV broadcasters went offline. 

Air travel has been hit particularly hard, with planes grounded, services delayed and airports issuing advice to passengers. 

Crowdstrike May Be Behind Worldwide IT Disruptions

Reuters reported that a widespread IT outage is affecting Australian media, banks, and telecommunications companies. The problems appear to relate to an issue at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

US technology website The Verge reported that thousands of Windows machines were experiencing a “blue screen of death” at boot on Friday, impacting businesses worldwide.

“A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is knocking affected PCs and servers offline, forcing them into a recovery boot loop so machines can’t start properly,” the report said.

Australian state broadcaster ABC said it was experiencing a “major network outage”, without giving a reason.

In a prerecorded message played on Sky News Australia as regular programming was disrupted, correspondent Tom Connell said the outage was not believed to be the result of a hack.

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“Our computers and systems are down — all the things that make Sky News run are down, and indeed [they are] for many other major companies around the country,” he said.

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