The computer outage that hit the giant Microsoft caused a chain reaction in hundreds of companies and services around the world, in a global chaos that is difficult to find precedents for.
Despite the company’s efforts to reverse the effects of the collapse of its systems, many private organizations and companies have been affected, including sectors sensitive to daily life such as Rail, airport or bank transportation.
These are the major companies around the world affected by the computer outage:
Globally, with repercussions in many countries at once, airline services have been affected. Ryanair, With thousands of passengers affected around the world, in addition to those coming from other countries. Iberia, Vueling, Lufthansa, Air France-KLM or Wizz Air.
in UK, The series Sky News It was forced to suspend its broadcasts, both live and recorded, and incidents occurred at the newspaper. “The Telegraph”, While in supermarkets like Aldi, Morrisons, WaitroseProblems have been reported when accepting card payments. London Stock Exchange.
There were also consequences in Airports like Manchester or EdinburghWhere take-off information boards have been banned. The UK’s largest railway company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)Passengers have been warned to expect disruption due to “widespread IT issues”. GTR, the parent company of Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern, has also issued an alert on social media channels.
in FranceThe computer failure has affected IT Service for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
in USAThe list of affected companies includes all flights of several major US airlines – including Delta, United, American Airliness-, which was shut down in the early hours of Friday due to a power outage that Microsoft suffered. In addition to at least two low-cost airlines, Frontier & Sun Country AviationThey had to suspend flights.
in Germanyhe Berlin Brandenburg Airport He faced significant delays in checking in. At least two hospitals, Lübeck and Kiel, cancelled non-urgent surgeries.
in Holland There were major problems all morning at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
In Italy, among other services, Computer system on the highway.
The same thing happened at airports. Swissan important connecting point for flights in Europe, and therefore, with collateral consequences at many other points. The most important airport in the country, Zurichwas blocked for several hours.
In New Zealand, there were also delays. Major Airportsas in Japan and Indiawhere at least two companies have experienced numerous problems (Akasa Air and SpiceJet).
in Australia, One of the most affected countries, service has dropped in Qantas Airways, at Melbourne or Sydney airports, at Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications provider, and the payment system for supermarkets such as Woolworths and banks such as NAB, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Bendigo Bank.
in Israel Many hospitals, the postal service, and Ben Gurion International Airport and Haaretz Israeli Newspaperwhich informed its readers that this same issue was causing customer service outages.
in South Korea, The list of those affected includes three low-cost airlines and servers. Some online video games
in Bangladesh Major transportation and communications services were also affected.
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