A global problem in the software system has locked down many sectors. Flights have been suspended at many airports around the world. It is not known how long the outages, which are said to be caused by Microsoft, will last.
Software developer Berkay Çatak, in his statement on the subject, stated that Microsoft, which is at the top of the chain, stopped responding to requests due to the domino effect, making everything connected to Microsoft unusable. Çatak emphasized that there is nothing the end user can do at this stage.
“Everything connected to Microsoft becomes unusable”
Çatak said, “If there were regional outages, using VPN could be a solution for personal transactions, but since it is a global problem, all providers using Microsoft infrastructure around the world crash because they cannot get a response from Microsoft. Platforms using the crashed providers also show errors to the end user because they cannot get a response to their transactions. In short, with the domino effect, when Microsoft at the top of the chain stops responding to requests, everything connected to Microsoft becomes unusable. Unfortunately, there is nothing the end user can do at this stage.”
“USERS SHOULD NOT CHANGE THE SETTINGS OF THEIR COMPUTERS”
In addition, Çatak underlined that some Windows computers also experience a blue screen error, and said, “Computers either recommend going into recovery mode or do not open at all before reaching that stage. Users should not change the settings of their computers, once the Microsoft-side problem is fixed, the computer will open as healthy as before.”
WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR?
There are reports of problems in many countries including the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan. Flights have been suspended at Sydney and Berlin airports. The three major airlines in the US, United, Delta and American Airlines, have suspended flights.
There were reports of trading problems on the London Stock Exchange and disruptions to broadcasts on Sky News, one of the country’s major television channels. Britain’s largest rail operator has warned of cancellations due to widespread IT problems.
Berlin Airport also announced that there were problems.
It has been reported that all airports in Spain are experiencing technical difficulties.
The Bank of Israel announced that the CrowdStrike issue was affecting banks.
Indian airline SpiceJet reported technical issues with online services, including booking and check-in. Hong Kong Airport announced that airlines have switched to manual check-in procedures.
Turkish Airlines also shared the message that there were problems with check-in, ticketing and reservation processes.