A faulty update from Crowdstrike has allegedly led to This has led to worldwide IT outages. Various TV providers are also affected.
Sky reported restrictions in broadcasting operations and in the telephone hotline on Friday morning. In its Community-Forum The pay-TV provider instead refers to the chat and other contact channels and the forum itself as alternatives. “Our specialist departments are working at full speed on a solution and at the moment we can only ask for your patience and apologize,” it says in the same place.
At the same time, Sky Sport News had informed all Sky Sport customers on Facebook about the IT disruptions that were paralyzing infrastructures around the world. Air traffic was also affected by the outages, which were presumably caused by a faulty update from the IT security company Crowdstrike. More on this can be found in an earlier report from DIGITAL FERNSEHEN.
Sky, BBC, Canal+ and other providers affected by IT disruptions
During the course of the morning, several international reports appeared about outages in editorial offices and broadcasting stations. In addition to Sky, the program CBBC in Great Britain was affected by the disruptions, as the portal “Broadcastnow“ reported on Friday. Customers should switch to the BBC iPlayer, the portal explains, citing an error message displayed. In addition to the BBC, Canal+ and the TV channel TF1 in France are also said to be suffering from technical problems, according to a news ticker from the “Frankfurter Roundtable“ could be seen.
Die BBC reported at 11.16am that CBBC’s programming was back on air. The children’s channel and Sky News were the only British channels with problems. At the same time, the BBC said some global channels were still offline, including MTV and VH1. Sky News and ABC News Australia were back on air, but without graphics, as the BBC update further shows.
Crowdstrike boss gives all-clear on X
The IT company Crowdstrike, which is said to be responsible for the disruptions and outages, has now spoken out. George Kurtz, the company’s CEO, stressed on Platform X that the defect was not a security incident or cyber attack. The problem had been identified, isolated and a solution provided. Customers should contact the support portal to receive a new update, the Post remove.
Source: www.digitalfernsehen.de
