Global IT outage: Airports, hospitals, businesses around the world disrupted

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Published 2024-07-19

A massive IT glitch has crashed computer systems around the world. Airports, hospitals and businesses have been affected, with computers shut down or unable to access networks. The main reason is an outage in Microsoft's cloud services and related apps. Travel disruptions have been the most obvious consequence of the global IT failure. Airports stretching from the US to Australia and including India, the UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia all saw their booking systems fail, forcing staff to check in passengers manually.

All Comments (21)

@tora7054 2 days ago

I heard North Korea computer systems are doing very well.
@cultytalk 2 days ago

And the government wants to go "CASHLESS" 🙄
@Dominus_Potatus 2 days ago

Imagine you are the person who pushed the update and realize that you won't get weekend.
@nicklee7002 2 days ago

When software testing was mediocre.
@klipklapklop3359 2 days ago

Lol there was a reddit post on WSB saying crowdstrike was not worth its valuation hours before the global outage
@user-ni4qq5cx8w 2 days ago

Ppl too dependant on windows. Time to go for Unix or other os platform for DR
@markushelber5194 yesterday

Russian airports and flight system had no problems as it operating with local software
@johnpaullagasca7801 yesterday

That is why we should not 100% computer dependent.
@yuppyhoo 2 days ago

Quiet Friday in the office. 😅😂🎉
@lv9657 yesterday

India affected. China not affected. What an outage !
@hans6304 2 days ago

So grandma was right. Do not go through windows, love!
@unitradwa8314 2 days ago

Scale of it is fascinating. I wasn't able to pay for tire repair in rural Cambodia (QRL scan with local mobile banking app)
@leslielim2360 2 days ago

I always arrive at the airport 5 hours before my flight departure. People always laugh at me. Now, after what has happened today, I'm sure they'll no longer laugh at me anymore...btw, this incident has taught us an invaluable lesson....AI is nothing without the human touch😂😂😂
@TheTeaParty320 2 days ago

That’s why I’m in the APPLE ecosystem. Something you all should consider.
@bobafett5757 yesterday

Dont think we are ready for such crisis and thats alarming
@cheesyvoid3143 2 days ago

Yeah, that's what people get when a company decides to test dev code in production.
@pv4509 2 days ago

Meanwhile in China: What outage??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Mr_Squiggle 2 days ago

Cash 💰 ALWAYS carry a reasonable amount. Just hope it wasn't one of the people involved in the Optus Update debacle.
@SohaiKia 2 days ago

NOT around the world. IT IS around the WESTERN world. Thanks.
@daisywuwoo1 2 days ago

The software seems not allowed to install in China, thus no crash in China..