The failure of Windows systems disrupted the work of airports and large companies around the world (6 photos + 1 video)

21 July 2024

IT chaos, fortunately, did not affect Russia.

A global failure of Windows OS brought down the computer systems of banks, airports, carriers, large supermarket chains, telecom operators and many other companies around the world.

The first reports of a malfunction in the operating system began to come from Australia, where chaos began in supermarkets and airports - self-service checkouts stopped working, and many flights had to be cancelled. Then the Blue Screen of Death began to spread throughout the world.

The situation at one of the airports

United Airlines and Delta Airlines (USA) and Turkish Airlines (Turkey) have suspended flights due to communication problems. Currently, there are 130 canceled flights and several hundred more flights that are delayed.

Media are reporting that problems with the Windows 10 operating system are due to a bug in an update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. This information was confirmed there.

“CrowdStrike is aware of reports of outages on Windows hosts related to the Falcon program. Symptoms include hosts experiencing a bugcheckblue screen error related to the Falcon sensor [a security system that blocks cyberattacks],” the company said.

Difficulties are also observed in medical institutions, and in some airports boarding passes have begun to be filled out by hand

Meanwhile, Microsoft and CrowdStrike shares are falling

Russia was not affected by the global disruption. As experts explained, this is due to the fact that CrowdStrike protection systems are almost never used in the country.

Deputy General Director of the Garda group of companies Rustem Khairetdinov said that most companies factor into the risk model a possible failure during an update, providing for a system rollback to the previous version. This, he said, is what all the victims will do in the near future.