Cyber Security Company mass strike The company told NBC that it experienced a severe outage on Friday that affected operations around the world.
The company said the outage was due to issues with the latest update. mass strike The update is currently being rolled back globally.
The confirmation follows widespread global reports of technical issues.
Microsoft said earlier on Friday Its cloud services have been largely restored after suffering an outage in the United States that affected its cloud applications.
However, the CrowdStrike update issue appears to be directly affecting Windows systems around the world, with laptops displaying an error screen known as a “blue screen of death.”
“CrowdStrike is aware of reports of Windows host crashes related to Falcon sensors,” CrowdStrike said in a recorded phone message.
Airlines, broadcasters, telecommunications companies and banks were among the many businesses reporting problems on Friday, but it was not immediately clear what was causing each problem.
London Stock Exchange says there are technical issues with its RNS news service under investigation Sky News, owned by CNBC parent Comcast, temporarily went off the air on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, airports around the world are reporting delays due to technical glitches and some aircraft have been grounded. Spanish airports authority AENA has warned travelers that delays are possible on Friday due to “events in computer systems,” British Airways Ryanair said it was experiencing disruption due to a third-party IT outage. The company advises passengers to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their scheduled departure time.
Australian telecommunications company Telstra said global issues affecting CrowdStrike and Microsoft were disrupting some of its systems. A company spokesperson said: “This issue has caused some distress for some of our customers and we thank them for their patience.”
NBCUniversal was also affected by the CrowdStrike outage.
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