cressida Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 IT outages are reported across the world, affecting airlines, media, and banks Many flights have been grounded, with queues and delays at airports American Airlines says none of its flights are taking off and the IT problems are due to an issue with Crowdstrike cybersecurity software Microsoft earlier said it was taking mitigation action, but the cause of the outages hasn't been confirmed In the UK, railway companies report delays and say they're experiencing "widespread IT issues" Some GP surgeries in England are having issues with booking appointments Sky News has not been able to broadcast live, its executive chairman says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Greta will be happy though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 4 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: Greta will be happy though. Less I hear about her the better ta. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Just now, cressida said: Less I hear about her the better ta. How dare you!!!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 29 minutes ago, cressida said: IT outages are reported across the world, affecting airlines, media, and banks Many flights have been grounded, with queues and delays at airports American Airlines says none of its flights are taking off and the IT problems are due to an issue with Crowdstrike cybersecurity software Microsoft earlier said it was taking mitigation action, but the cause of the outages hasn't been confirmed In the UK, railway companies report delays and say they're experiencing "widespread IT issues" Some GP surgeries in England are having issues with booking appointments Sky News has not been able to broadcast live, its executive chairman says and freight companies Morrisons supermarket Pharmacy services CBBC tv channel Hospitals in Germany Paris Olympics systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 5 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: How dare you!!!😉 😘 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 NHS (generally) Schools Labrokes more and more companies are blaming Crowdstrike (an Antivirus / IT security firm) for a rogue update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbow Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 We're completely dependent on Microsoft, Google and Meta aren't we? Three companies have so much power over the whole world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Delbow said: We're completely dependent on Microsoft, Google and Meta aren't we? Three companies have so much power over the whole world. technically no, it only affected Microsoft windows computers yes, but that leaves plenty of Linux and Mac machines unnaffected, the other two companies have nothing to do with the subject matter. what i was more concerned with and its been asked in the news pages too, using one single security company for so much of the worlds IT infrastructure is asking for trouble though, like this incident, one single dud update brings half the world to a standstill. and now countries like China and Russia know they only have to manage to hack that one company to bring half the world to a standstill again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 These are the people that really run the West: https://observer.com/2020/11/big-tech-2020-presidential-election-donation-breakdown-ranking/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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