By PR | 04:48 PM July 19, 2024
Television channels, airports and banks around the world have been knocked offline in a massive outage causing Windows computers to suddenly shut down.
In a statement, AirAsia said that the global outage affecting Microsoft services has been confirmed by our partner, Navitaire.
“This outage is causing unexpected rebooting of machines, leading to some operational disruptions related to check-in processes, self check-in kiosks, and navigating the AirAsia MOVE app,” it said.
“Microsoft is currently investigating the issue and has escalated the matter internally while also seeking external assistance to manage the situation effectively,” it added.
Cebu Pacific issued a statement at 3 p.m. advising its passengers that it is currently experiencing technical issues, reportedly related to technology provider CrowdStrike, which caused a global Microsoft system outage.
” Cebu Pacific advises its passengers that it is currently experiencing technical issues, reportedly related to technology provider CrowdStrike, which caused a global Microsoft system outage. This is a developing situation,” it said.
“The technical issue requires us to handle affected processes manually, potentially causing delays. We are working closely with our teams to mitigate disruptions to our operations and will provide regular updates as the situation progresses,” it said.
Cyber security engineers pointed to a problem with Crowdstrike, a piece of antivirus software, which appeared to be causing computers to crash.
Senad Arun, founder of cyber research company Imperum, described the incident as “Crowdstrike Doom’s Day”.
In a post on its website, Crowdstrike said: “Crowdstrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows related to the Falcon Sensor.”
