US banks are currently working hard to recover from a major computer outage that has caused widespread disruption to financial transactions around the world.
Large bank customers JPMorgan Chase, Bank of Americaand Wells Fargo We are experiencing large-scale, sustained outages. These issues have been confirmed by network tracking services. Down Detector.
Blue screen on all computers
The unprecedented outage affected not only banks but also airlines and many other businesses. The outage was caused by a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm. Crowdstrikeand its software is used worldwide.
This issue caused the infamous “Blue Screen” failure on Windows computers. Microsoft The company is aware of the situation and is actively working to restore systems.
According to a Microsoft statement: “Yesterday, CrowdStrike released an update that has begun impacting IT systems around the world. We are aware of this issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and the industry at large to provide technical guidance and support to help customers get their systems back online safely.”
both CrowdStrike and Microsoft They are working intensively together to provide technical guidance and support. Their joint efforts are aimed at getting all affected systems back online as quickly and safely as possible.
Please stay tuned for further updates as the situation develops, and for customers experiencing issues, please rest assured that the relevant teams are doing all they can to resolve the issue swiftly.
A recent report said that customers of major U.S. banks have large Login issues, Difficulties with online money transfers,and deposit.
Impact on trading
The outage not only affected normal banking operations, but also disrupted trading activity at JPMorgan Chase, as The New York Times noted.
Employee Access Issues
“Employees at companies like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Instinet, a brokerage owned by Japan’s Nomura Securities, had problems accessing their workstations,” said an anonymous source familiar with the situation. “Trading was delayed as these companies scrambled to find workarounds,” the source added.
Fortunately, the trading delays appeared to have been resolved by an hour ago.
Impact on the stock market
nevertheless Crowdstrike While the company clarified that the issue was not the result of a hack and has since issued a fix, the outage caused the company’s stock price to plummet 15% within hours, and as of publication, it remains down more than 11%.
