Major failure in computer software systems worldwide: Flights canceled, ATMs not working

A major failure is occurring in internet systems worldwide.

The failure in the systems of the US-based technology company Microsoft has affected many sectors.

According to NTV, many companies, primarily in sectors such as aviation and banking, have been negatively affected by this situation.

Flights at Berlin Airport were suspended until 11:00.

SKY NEWS UNABLE TO BROADCAST

Sky News, one of the UK's major television news channels, was unable to broadcast on Friday.

In a statement on X, the broadcaster's executive chairman David Rhodes said, “Sky News has not been able to broadcast live this morning, we are currently telling viewers we apologize for the interruption.”

DISRUPTION IN THE UK HEALTH SYSTEM

According to health officials who made a statement on social media, the UK's health booking system is currently "offline."

It was announced that passengers at Edinburgh Airport in the UK were unable to use automatic boarding pass scanners and that manual checks were being conducted.

STATEMENT FROM THE ISRAELI MINISTRY OF HEALTH

The Israeli Ministry of Health made the following statement: "The global failure in computer servers is affecting hospitals and health services."

The German Stock Exchange reported that trading started normally but that checks are continuing.

In a statement from the Swiss Stock Exchange, it was noted that the sixth group of systems is operating normally.

STATEMENT FROM THE COMPANY: WE ARE AWARE

Information technology firm Crowdstrike released a phone message stating that it is aware of reports of crashes related to the Falcon sensor on Microsoft's Windows operating system.

The message stated: “Thank you for contacting Crowdstrike support. Crowdstrike is aware of reports of crashes related to the Falcon sensor on Windows.”

THY PRESS COUNSELOR ÜSTÜN: NECESSARY ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE

Turkish Airlines was also among the companies affected by the failure. THY Press Counselor Yahya Üstün stated in a post on social media that there were disruptions in ticketing and reservation processes due to problems in information systems.

Üstün said, “Necessary efforts are being made to resolve the issue and ensure our passengers do not suffer. We apologize for this disruption. We will provide you with information as soon as possible.”

Explaining that there is a software-related problem affecting many companies worldwide, Üstün said, “Necessary actions are being taken to resolve this issue in our partially affected operations. Our operations are gradually returning to normal. We apologize to our valued guests for the disruption experienced.”

'THERE IS NO CYBERATTACK'

Making statements regarding the problems experienced, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said:

"We will eliminate this by making the system operational as soon as possible. There is no cyberattack involved."

THY HAS CANCELED 84 FLIGHTS

Turkish Airlines (THY) has canceled 84 flights to prevent disruptions in flights.

In a statement made by the Turkish Airlines (THY) Press Office regarding the matter, it was said, “Dear passengers, we are working to reduce our operational density in line with the resolution of the software-related problem affecting many companies from different sectors worldwide. Some flights will be canceled to prevent disruptions in flights, and our flights will gradually return to normal as soon as possible. We apologize to our valued guests for the disruption experienced. Respectfully announced to the public.” THY announced that 84 flights were canceled.

"THIS IS NOT A CYBERATTACK"

Making a statement regarding the global communication outage, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said, "This is not a security incident or a cyberattack. The issue has been identified and isolated, and a fix has been identified."

'RECOVERY' STATEMENT FROM MICROSOFT 365

Microsoft 365 announced that the global software problem continues in some applications and services, but that according to their measurements, progress is being made toward recovery.

Efforts are ongoing to resolve the global software problem that affected businesses following the glitch in the systems of CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to Microsoft. In the statement where Microsoft 365 shared the current status regarding the resolution efforts, it was stated that some users might notice relief in their systems, but that problems persist in some Microsoft 365 applications and services.

Stating that efforts are continuing to rescue other affected Microsoft 365 applications and services from the ongoing impact, the statement shared the information, "Our telemetry shows that other affected situations are moving toward full recovery, and we are monitoring closely to ensure this."

In the statement, while it was shared that the affected services include Microsoft Teams and the Microsoft 365 admin center, it was stated that Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Windows 365, Viva Engage, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Fabric, and PowerBI services have been recovered.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz also mentioned in an interview with international media that the problem was caused by a bug in a single update. Noting that they identified the problem quickly and made a fix, Kurtz said, "We are currently working with every single customer to ensure we can get them back online."

Saying that there was a negative interaction between the update in their systems and Microsoft's operating system, Kurtz said, "This led to computers crashing and triggered the global outage that is still ongoing. We need to look back and see what happened here, but there is no possibility of this being a cyberattack. The problem has been identified and a fix has been made. It will take some time for some systems to return to normal, and they will not fix themselves automatically."

MICROSOFT 365 ANNOUNCED THAT GLOBAL APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED

In the statement where Microsoft 365 shared the current status regarding the resolution efforts for the global software problem, the phrase "After a long monitoring period, we have determined that the issue has been mitigated and all previously affected Microsoft 365 applications and services have been recovered." was used.

The global software problem that affected businesses following the glitch in the systems of CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to Microsoft, had negatively affected life in many parts of the world today.