Global IT outage hits media, banks, and airlines leading to chaos

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1. “A major IT outage has brought banks, media outlets, and airlines grinding to a halt on Friday, causing chaos at airport check-in, cancelled flights, and disrupted services worldwide.

   Reports of outages have been streaming in from around the globe, with broadcaster Sky News in the UK forced off the air for hours on Friday morning.

   The outage has also impacted global customers of Microsoft’s Azure and Office365 services, which first reported being hit about 18.00 ET on Thursday, or midnight CET on Friday.

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   In Europe, users of Ryanair’s app and website also complained about not being able to check in for their flights on Friday morning, with a surge of reports noted on the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

   Several European airports have reported IT issues, including Berlin Brandenberg Airport which has told customers to expect delays at check-in. At Edinburgh Airport in the UK, a computer error caused departure boards to freeze.
   Amsterdam Schiphol has also reported issues with flights affected, as have airports in New Zealand, Japan, and India.

   Switzerland’s largest airport, Zurich is currently stopping aircraft from landing.

   In the UK, supermarkets like Aldi, Morrison’s, and Waitrose reported experiencing issues accepting card payments.
   Hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors’ surgeries have also been hit, reporting difficulties retrieving medical records, with reports of two German hospitals in Luebeck and Kiel cancelling non-urgent surgeries.”

2. Crowdstrike?

3. I do not understand why any company rolls out an update on a Friday. Do they hate their frontline IT staff?

4. Company responsible for preventing hacking causes more damage than any hacker in history. An epic fail of biblical proportions.

5. -16 billion money damage

6. Cue the whiners.

   **”I know more about IT security than these guys, what a bunch of losers**

   **wait til i do a Youtube about this they’ll be sorry”**