A software update from American anti-virus company CrowdStrike affected Microsoft. Due to this, from 5 am to 8 pm on Friday (July 19), 95% of the computers around the world running on Microsoft’s operating system came to a standstill for about 15 hours.
All over the world, essential services like airports, flights, trains, hospitals, banks, restaurants, digital payments, stock exchanges, TV channels and supermarkets came to a halt. The maximum impact was seen at the airport. 3% i.e. about 4,295 flights had to be canceled worldwide.
In America alone, 1100 flights were canceled and 1700 were delayed. Its effect started appearing at 10:40 am Indian time. Huge crowd was seen at major airports of the country including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru. Due to halt of online services, flight boarding passes were given by hand at many airports. However, by evening many services started returning to normal.
Due to such widespread impact, it has become the biggest IT crisis in history. This is also being called ‘digital pandemic’. Microsoft had given this information at around 5 in the morning. However, Apple and Linux users were not affected by this.
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Computers all over the world started restarting automatically, the screen turned blue.
CrowdStrike software update caused a message to appear on the computer screen with a blue background. This is called Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The Blue Screen of Death is a critical error screen that appears on Windows operating systems. When this error occurs, the computer restarts automatically. There is also a possibility of losing data.
After this outage, Microsoft immediately said that it is a “third party issue”. In other words – it wasn’t his fault. Microsoft had no ‘Plan B’ to get rid of the problem. She kept waiting for the cyber security firm itself to remove it.
This is a dangerous situation. Critical components of the economic system are highly dependent on Microsoft operating systems. It is not that there are no alternatives. Many companies use ‘Linux’ and ‘Make’. But airlines and other industries were assuming that Microsoft could not go wrong.
Now the time has come to take the development of alternative operating systems seriously in the country. Software development and creation of financial technology systems like UPI show our capability. 95% of computers in the world run on Microsoft’s operating system. This ‘monopoly’ is dangerous. There is a need to find an alternative to this.
Microsoft service halted due to CrowdStrike update
CrowdStrike update has caused problems in Microsoft’s Azure cloud and Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft said, “We are aware of the issue and have deployed multiple teams to resolve it. We have determined the cause.” This affects only those users who use Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform. It works to create, deploy and manage applications and services. Microsoft 365 is productivity software, which includes popular applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and One Note.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella responded to the hours-long service outage on X at 9:29 p.m. He wrote, ‘Yesterday CrowdStrike released an update, which affected IT systems globally. We are working closely with CrowdStrike and the entire industry to provide technical guidance to people to get their systems back online safely.
Crowdstrike fell almost 12.55% as soon as the market opened
CrowdStrike share price fell about 12.55% as US markets opened. This became the worst day for the company after November 2022. Microsoft shares are also down by more than 1%.
We are deeply sorry – CrowdStrike Boss
The boss of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike apologized for the disruption caused by its software update in an interview with US broadcaster NBC News. George Kurtz said we will have more information on this for you soon.
The company is improving
Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is working to fix it. However, it is believed that more problems may arise.
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