A global internet outage hit airlines and businesses around the world on Friday, but the CEO of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it was not a cyber attack.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers affected by the flaws found in the single content update for Windows hosts,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said. stated in the post X states that “Mac and Linux hosts are not affected.”
“This is not a security incident or cyber attack,” Kurtz added. “The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed. We have provided customers with the latest updates on our support portal, and we will continue to provide complete and ongoing updates on our website.”
More than 18,000 flights were delayed worldwide, including more than 1,200 in the United States alone, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Airlines They pointed out that they are facing problems with technology. Posts About X
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Said In a post on X, the company said it was “closely monitoring the technical issue affecting US airlines’ IT systems.”
“Several airlines have requested the FAA’s assistance in grounding the aircraft until the issue is resolved,” the FAA added.
Passengers at airlines in the United States, Europe and Asia were stuck in long queues and airlines were struggling to access check-in and reservation services.
Additionally, some news organisations in Australia were unable to return to broadcast for several hours, and banks in South Africa and New Zealand reported disruptions to payment systems, websites and apps.
“Authorities are aware of reports of a Microsoft outage which has caused disruption around the world,” New Zealand Acting Prime Minister David Seymour said. Said “At this time, we have not received any reports to indicate that these issues are related to malicious cybersecurity activity,” X wrote in its post.
The Associated Press contributed.
