Blue Screen Error
What has been
affected by the Microsoft outages?
A major disruption in
Microsoft’s cloud services led to widespread flight cancellations and delays in India on Friday,
with Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune and Mumbai airports facing the maximum
brunt. Not only airlines, businesses, including banks, telecom companies, TV
and radio broadcasters were affected after blue
screen of death error screens were seen on Windows workstations across the
globe.
Over
3,000 flights has been canceled within, into or out of the U.S. as of Friday
night, and more than 11,400 others were delayed, according to the flight
tracking service, FlightAware. Globally, more than 42,000 flights were delayed
Friday.
Microsoft outage: How
Indian banks, financial institutions averted global Windows glitch- RBI
explains
The
Reserve Bank of India averted the global Windows outage as its systems were not
integrated with cloud-based services. The central bank said only a few banks in
India were using the CrowdStrike tool, limiting the disruption caused by the
Microsoft outage.
The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, July 19, said only 10 banks and
non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) were affected by the global Microsoft
Windows outage.
"Our
assessment shows that only 10 banks and NBFCs had minor disruptions which have
either been resolved or are being resolved, the central bank
said in a statement.
A cancelled emergency
heart surgery leaves a family scared and worried
Alison
Baulos, the executive director of the Center for the Economics of Human
Development at the University of Chicago, said her 73-year-old father's
emergency open heart surgery was cancelled Friday morning due to the global
tech outage, leaving her family scared and worried.
"It's
an emergency surgery so if anything happens, it would be as a result of not
having the surgery this morning," Baulos told The Associated Press.
Her
father was waiting at Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky to find out what
will happen next, she said.
Her
father was expecting surgery after he received a call from his doctor on
Wednesday saying he had eight blockages and an aneurysm. But the family was told the operation had to be
postponed due to the outage.
Microsoft global
outage: Stock market traders hit hard;5paisa
issues clarification
Major
affected areas:
Why did Microsoft
shares drop today?
Microsoft stock fell early Friday, as the
company’s services outage hit banks,airlines and other businesses around the
world. The problem was reportedly caused by an
update from cybersecurity software company Crowdstrike.
what is crowdstrike
and how it works?
CrowdStrike is a well-known cybersecurity firm, and its Falcon Sensor software is designed to protect systems from cyberattacks. On Thursday, CrowdStrike warned users about a bug related to the Falcon Sensor that was causing Windows systems to crash with BSOD errors.
M Junith kumar
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