A large-scale technical failure in its operating system Microsoft has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, mainly in Australia, USA and Great Britain. The outage is said to affect banks, telecommunications companies, airport systems, railways and media.
Microsoft has announced that it is taking steps to address the problem, while cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike has been linked to the issue. Berlin and Edinburgh airports were closed, and American airlines grounded their planes. Alongside, British media, like Sky News, were unable to broadcast the program normally. However, so far, there is no indication that this is a cyber attack.
It is characteristic that the Frontier Airlines The Denver-based airline grounded flights for more than two hours and blamed problems with Microsoft services. The outage also affected bookings at Allegiant Air, which operates about 130 planes and said it was working to resolve issues. Leisure carrier Sun Country Airlines Holdings, with a fleet of nearly 50 aircraft, similarly reported a “global outage”.
Microsoft’s pages indicated that the services Azure cloud και Microsoft 365 they had problems even after Frontier flights were restored.
“We are aware of this issue and have involved several groups. We have identified the underlying cause,” the company said.
At the same time, the damage affects many banks and telecommunications companies worldwide.
“I have been made aware of a large-scale technical breach affecting a number of businesses and services across Australia,” Michelle McGuinness, of the Australian Cybersecurity Agency, said in a post on X.
“Current information indicates that this vulnerability is linked to a technical problem with the software platform used by the affected companies,” she added.
Finally, the Australian state broadcaster ABC announced that it was experiencing a “major technical failure”, without giving further details.
Microsoft’s cloud services now appear to have been restored after an outage, although issues are still being observed.
Source: www.digitallife.gr
