……..Airlines, banks and broadcasters were among the companies around the world reporting disruptions, citing technical issues.
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that services numerous industries, was down across parts of the world on Friday morning 19 July halting news broadcasts and grounding flights.
At least three major U.S. airlines, American, United and Delta, grounded all flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
In Australia, the New South Wales Police Force said on social media that it was aware of a system outage.
Problems persisted at Sydney Airport, one Australia’s largest and busiest transportation hubs, just as the weekend was getting underway for many.
“A global technical outage has impacted some airplane operations and terminal services,” the airport said on social media. “Flights are currently arriving and departing, however there may be some delays throughout the evening.”
The airport said it had activated its contingency plan and deployed additional staff to the terminals.
Representatives for CrowdStrike did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.
The round of severe disruptions on Friday comes after Frontier Airlines briefly grounded flights on Thursday evening because of a major outage in Microsoft networks. Some low-cost carriers like Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines were also affected.
Microsoft said the problem had affected multiple systems for customers in the central United States.
One of South Africa’s largest banks has been affected by the outage. Capitec Bank, which has 22 million customers, said some of its services had been disrupted because of an issue with an international service provider. Dozens of customers complained on social media that their transactions had been declined.
“The issue is an international issue which is affecting multiple banks and retailers,” the bank told customers on social media.
Several services are being affected across the U.K. Some train networks, including particularly on the Thameslink and Great Northern networks, said there could be short-notice cancellations and couldn’t display real time information to passengers on platforms. Sky News, a major news channel, is unable to broadcast.
The London Stock Exchange said it could not publish news and other announcements on its website because of the outage. It added that technical teams were working to restore the service. But other services, including the stock exchange, “continue to operate as normal.”
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