Electronic blackout delays flights, hurts banking, communications worldwide | World

The electronic blackout is causing flight delays, as well as disrupting banking and communications services around the world, on Friday (19). The problem will be related to Crowd Strikea company that provides digital security services.

There is no evidence that the power outage is linked to the hacker attack.

Airlines American Airlines, united that it Delta – The most important we – All flights have been suspended. JetBlue, which operates most domestic flights in the United States, continues normal operations.

Government Australia He said the incident appeared to be linked to a global issue at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike confirmed in a statement that it is aware of flaws in the Windows operating system related to the Falcon sensor.

CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that provides some of the world’s largest companies with services to detect vulnerabilities in digital systems and prevent hacker attacks. Initial information indicates that the power outage originated in CrowdStrike systems running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

As of the latest update of this report, no problems have been reported in Brazil.

According to the North American television network ABC, no flights are expected to take off from American Airlines, United and Delta in the next few hours. Travel that is already underway will continue as usual.

Technical problems reported at the world’s largest airports Europe and on Indiawith flight delay. In Berlin, in GermanyAll takeoffs have been suspended for a few hours. At the airport Singaporeone of the largest airlines in the world, many airlines do manual check-in.

TV networks and other services

Sky News, one of the UK’s major news channels, will stop broadcasting on Friday, according to Reuters.

In Australia, state-owned ABC has been suspended entirely, and Sky News Australia has also partially stopped broadcasting.

Other technical issues were reported around the world. In the United States, 911 emergency services were down in Alaska.

Banking and media services in Australia have been affected, with some stores temporarily closed. Some banks in New Zealand They were also off the air.

In the United kingdomThe train service said it was affected and could face cancellations. Sky News was taken offline due to difficulties with live broadcasting. In addition, computer systems at the National Health Service were down.

In Germany, elective surgeries have been cancelled in two hospitals.

In the African continent, one of the largest banks in South Africa It announced that it is facing problems with all services being affected at the national level.

Airports Authority Hong Kong Airlines said they had changed check-in procedures to manual and that flights were not affected.

in FranceOrganizing Committee Paris Olympics She said she was facing some technical problems a week before the start of the competitions.

But ticket sales will not be affected.

“We have activated contingency plans to continue operations,” she said in a statement.

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