Global IT Outage Leads to Flight Cancellations And Delays In India

Paris/Delhi: A major global IT outage on Friday disrupted various sectors, including aviation and healthcare. In India, airports were hit hardest, leading to many flight cancellations and delays. As of Saturday, operations are slowly returning to normal, but there are still delays and backlogs affecting passengers. What Happened On Friday, a faulty software update from […]

by Nidhi Singh - July 20, 2024, 3:19 pm

Paris/Delhi: A major global IT outage on Friday disrupted various sectors, including aviation and healthcare. In India, airports were hit hardest, leading to many flight cancellations and delays. As of Saturday, operations are slowly returning to normal, but there are still delays and backlogs affecting passengers.

What Happened

On Friday, a faulty software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a massive IT outage affecting Microsoft Windows systems worldwide. This problem impacted businesses, banks, airlines, and hospitals. CrowdStrike’s CEO, George Kurtz, confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that the issue was not a cyberattack but a defect in a software update. He assured that a fix has been applied and that recovery might take some time.

Services That Have Resumed

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Ongoing Issues

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Services That Remained Unaffected