Microsoft Outage Disrupts Airlines, Banks, and Stock Market: CrowdStrike Blue Screen Error Causes Global Chaos
Microsoft Outage Disrupts Airlines, Banks, and Stock Market: CrowdStrike Blue Screen Error Causes Global Chaos
The recent Microsoft outage has caused widespread disruptions across multiple sectors, including airlines, banking, and stock markets. The global impact of this outage, attributed to a CrowdStrike update causing blue screen errors, has been significant.
Major Disruptions in Airlines:
Several major airlines experienced operational challenges due to the outage. In India, airlines such as Akasa, IndiGo, Air India, and SpiceJet reported issues affecting their services. Similarly, in the United States, low-cost carriers including Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and SunCountry faced similar disruptions.
Delhi Airport also reported service impacts. “Due to the global IT issue, some services at Delhi Airport were temporarily impacted. We are working closely with all stakeholders to minimize inconvenience to our flyers. Passengers should contact their airline or the help desk for updated flight information. We regret the inconvenience caused,” a spokesperson stated.
Banking and Retail Sectors Affected:
The outage also hit the banking sector, with financial institutions like the National Australia Bank experiencing difficulties. In Australia, social media users reported long queues at stores such as Woolworths due to payment system failures.
Impact on Individual Users:
Millions of Windows users worldwide encountered the Blue Screen of Death, causing unexpected shutdowns or restarts. Many users lost unsaved data and valuable time due to repeated computer restarts. The error message displayed, “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you,” highlighted the critical nature of the issue.
Cloud Services Disruption:
Microsoft’s cloud services, particularly Azure, faced issues beginning around 6 pm on Thursday. These disruptions led to widespread service interruptions across various sectors. Microsoft is actively investigating the root cause.
Impacted Microsoft Services:
Microsoft acknowledged the impacted services, which include:
PowerBI: Users may notice read-only mode.
Microsoft Fabric: Users may notice read-only mode.
Microsoft Teams: Functions including presence, group chats, and user registration may be unavailable.
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Admins may experience intermittent access issues.
Microsoft Purview: Delay in event processing.
Viva Engage: Users may be unable to access the service.
Microsoft’s Response:
Microsoft has confirmed the issues with Azure services and Microsoft 365 apps. “Our services are still seeing continuous improvements while we continue to take mitigation actions,” the company stated in a post on social media platform X.
The global Microsoft outage has highlighted the critical reliance on digital infrastructure and the cascading effects such disruptions can have across various industries. As Microsoft works to resolve these issues, affected users and businesses are urged to stay informed through official channels for updates.
