Businesses worldwide are experiencing widespread outages, including Windows “blue screen of death” errors, many of them said Friday. The problems are affecting various sectors, from banks, food chains, brokerage houses, news organizations to airlines.
Many customers have reported being unable to restart their computers due to the issue. This outage comes shortly after Microsoft confirmed service problems with its Microsoft 365 apps on Thursday, which affected several airlines including Delta and United.
It’s unclear what has caused the issue, but some businesses, including Australian energy company AGL, blamed an update from security firm CrowdStrike. The security firm didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
A moderator of the CrowdStrike subreddit said the company was aware of “widespread reports” of blue screen errors on Windows devices across multiple versions of its software. The firm stated it was investigating the cause.
The issue appears to be impacting firms — and numerous of their customers — globally. Indian airlines IndiGo, Akasa, and SpiceJet reported that their check-in systems in some of the airports weren’t functional anymore. The Delhi Airport said a global outage had knocked down some of its services.
UK news broadcaster Sky News hasn’t broadcasted live this morning due to the outage, the firm’s executive chairman David Rhodes tweeted. New Zealand Herald reported that banking services in the country were affected by the issue, too.
