Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world

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Escalating disruptions continued hours after Microsoft said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.

A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday.

Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was “working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion” and that they were “observing a positive trend in service availability.” Israel’s Cyber Directorate said that it was among the places affected by the global outages, attributing them to a problem with the cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike. The outage also hit the country’s post offices and hospitals, according to the ministries of communication and health.In the U.S., the FAA said the airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded.

Widespread problems were reported at Australian airports, where lines grew and some passengers were stranded as online check-in services and self-service booths were disabled. Passengers in Melbourne queued for more than an hour to check in, although flights were still operating.The privately-owned IndiGo airlines told the passengers on X that the Microsoft outage on Friday impacted airline operations in India, inconveniencing thousands of passengers.

In Germany, Berlin Airport said Friday morning that “due to a technical fault, there will be delays in check-in.” It said that flights were suspended until 10 a.m. , without giving details, German news agency dpa reported.

 

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