Problems created yesterday collapse of information systems around the world affecting airports, airlines, banks, media and dozens of other businesses worldwide.
A software upgrade for a US cyber security firm Crowd strike which is one of the largest in the industry, has caused systems problems that have grounded planes, taken out TV networks and prevented customers from accessing banking or healthcare services.
Crowdstrike isn’t a household name, but it is a company $83 billion with over 20,000 subscribers around the world that include Amazon.com: and Microsoft.
“We deeply regret the impact we’ve had on customers, travelers and everyone affected by this, including our company,” he told NBC News yesterday. Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz.
Despite fixing the problem, companies now have to deal with delayed or canceled flights and medical appointments, lost orders and dozens of other problems that can take days to recover from. It also raises the question how businesses should protect their systems to avoid such things in the future to darken.
Enough Asian airports they reported that their operations were or were restored last night (local time). “almost normal”, namely South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. However, some “residual issues” causing delays continue to exist in Armenia Sydney and today the “five flights” of the low-cost airline Jetstar will be affected. Japan.
According to Chinese state media, its operation has been restored Hong Kong International Airportafter hours of outages in global IT systems caused by a security software upgrade error.
The airline’s passenger check-in systems affected by the global technical outage have been restored, state-run CCTV said in a Weibo post, citing airport management. Hong Kong. Under this service, airlines that have switched to manual check-in and flight operations are not affected.
Yesterday, 5,000 of the 110,000 planned flights were canceled at the international level.
Meanwhile, the Australian Cyber Security Agency announced today that “malicious websites and unofficial code” are circulating online, offering to help fix yesterday’s problems.
Australia was one of several countries affected by the collapse of information systems. Australia’s Commonwealth Bank, the country’s largest bank, said some of its customers were unable to transfer money. National carrier Qantas Sydney Airport said there were delays but flights were operating. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said late last night that there had been no impact on critical infrastructure, government services or emergency centers.