INDIA
A widespread Microsoft Windows outage has led to temporary disruptions in some services at airpots in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai. Indigo, Akasa Air, Vistara, Air India, and Air India Express all report experiencing issues on X. Although brokerage firms in India are experiencing technical difficulties, stock exchanges such as NSE and BSE report normal operations.
Traders at various Indian brokerages have also faced technical challenges due to the outage. The Indian Minister of Information Technology posted on social media that the ministry is engaging with Microsoft and its affiliates to address the global outage.
CHINA
As of now, no infrastructure breakdowns have been reported in mainland China. While several airports in the Asia-Pacific region are facing disruptions, major infrastructure in China, such as airlines and banks, largely continue to function without significant impact. Reports from their respective websites indicate that both Beijing and Shanghai international airports aIn South Africa, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange announced that the FTSE indices are currently not being updated.
SOUTH AFRICA
Capitec, South Africa’s largest bank in terms of customer numbers, experienced an outage caused by issues related to Crowdstrike. Capitec has since, successfully resolved the problem and all banking services have been restored. The bank reassures that its clients’ bank accounts and personal information were not impacted.
EGYPT
Egypt’s telecommunications minister has reassured the public that vital sectors in Egypt, including communications, internet, banking transfers, airports and seaports, remain unaffected by the global technical malfunction. Egypt’s civil aviation system is said to be secure and has not been impacted.
WHAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE?
The outage is suspected to be linked to problems at global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike and Microsoft. The IT security company CrowdStrike has acknowledged a “defect” in their system that caused outages but has since found and implemented a “fix.” CrowdStrike stated that they have identified the issue, isolated it, and deployed a solution. Several individuals impacted by the IT outages earlier today pointed fingers at CrowdStrike, suggesting that an update issued by the company may have been the cause of the widespread issues.
CrowdStrike’s CEO, George Kurtz, issued this statement. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. “Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. “The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
Major US airlines such as American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines have been affected, leading to groundings. Airports in Germany, Amsterdam, and Spain have also reported issues.
