Microsoft outage LIVE updates: Bank, airport, media outlet services hit globally

Microsoft outage Live updates: UK’s National Pharmacy Association said as per BBC, “We’re aware that due to global IT outages that services in community pharmacies, including the accessing of prescriptions from GPs and medicine deliveries, are disrupted today. We urge patients to be patient whilst visiting their pharmacy.”

Microsoft outage Live updates: SBI systems not affected by Microsoft outage, says chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara as per news agency PTI.

Microsoft outage Live updates: The global IT outage which has affected broadcasters, banks and telecoms firms around the world is not being treated as a cyber-related security issue, a British government security source told the Reuters news agency.

Microsoft outage Live updates: Microsoft users unable to access apps and services amid outage: Check what’s working, what’s not here

Microsoft outage Live updates: Microsoft pinpointed a configuration change within its Azure cloud platform as the reason behind widespread disruption to Microsoft 365 services.

Microsoft outage Live updates: The issue is linked to Crowdstrike’s Falcon sensor. The tech glitch has resulted in Windows machines experiencing blue screen errors and getting stuck in a recovery loop, users have reported on social media.

Microsoft outage LIVE updates: “The Associated Press is currently experiencing an intermittent service disruption that may impact your view of available content. We are investigating the source and will provide updates, including when the issue is resolved or if any action is needed on your part,” the news agency said in an update.

In a customary advisory, Air India says that its digital systems have been impacted temporarily due to the current Microsoft outage resulting in delays

“We regret the inconvenience caused and request our guests to plan their travel accordingly,” Air India says.

“Due to infrastructure issues with our service provider, some of our online services, including booking, check-in and manage booking services will be temporarily unavailable,” Akasa Air posted on X.

“Currently we are following manual check-in and boarding processes at the airports and hence request passengers with immediate travel plans to reach the airport early to check-in at our counters…” it added.

Police in the US state of Alaska are saying that many 911 and non-emergency call centres are not working correctly.

“Due to a nationwide technology-related outage, many 911 and non-emergency call centers are not working correctly across the State of Alaska. If you have an emergency and 911 is not working in your area, you can call the following phone numbers directly,” it wrote in a post on Facebook.

Japan’s Narita airport says that airlines such as Jetstar, Jeju Air, Qantas, HK Express and Spring Japan are having issues with their systems.

Microsoft outage Live updates: Microsoft Cloud outage has affected millions of computer systems worldwide. Users have report sudden shutdown or restart of their systems which Microsoft said is due to a recent CrowdStrike update. As per Microsoft’s Service Health Status updates, the preliminary root cause is “a configuration change in a portion of our Azure backend workloads (that has) caused interruption between storage and compute resources, and which (has) resulted in connectivity failures.” This has affected “downstream (and dependent) Microsoft 365 services”, the company said. Here’s how you can fix your laptop.

Professor Jill Slay, the University of South Australia’s SmartSat Chair for Cybersecurity, tells CNN that the “global impact” of the major global outage is “enormous” but that it was “too early to draw conclusions” on what caused it.

“There is currently a major global technical outage affecting multiple companies and services,” Slay said. “Some are attributing this to security services offered by CrowdStrike. Others attribute it to Microsoft or Amazon. Authorities and industry will be monitoring, but at this stage, it is too early to draw conclusions.”

Singapore’s Changi Airport, one of the busiest in the world, says that the check-in process is being managed manually.

“Due to a global outage affecting IT systems of many organisations, the check-in process for some airlines at Changi Airport is being managed manually,” the airport shared on X. “Changi Airport ground staff are providing assistance to passengers, especially those with an impending departure.”

Microsoft outage Live updates: South Africa’s biggest bank, Capitec, has also been affected by the global outage.

“Due to an unexpected issue with an international service provider, we are currently experiencing nationwide service disruptions,” the bank wrote on X.

It added: “Note: Card payments & Capitec ATMs are working & your account remains secure. We’re resolving the matter asap. We apologise for the inconvenience.”

Microsoft outage Live updates: 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.”

The company, however, did not respond to a request for comment, reported AP. It also did not explain the cause of the outage further.

Microsoft outage Live updates: All Spanish airports have been impacted by the outage, AFP reports, citing an operator.

Microsoft outage Live updates: The outage has affected TV channels in Australia, The Sunday Morning Herald reports.

“ABC News Channel has not been showing any graphics or footage, and presenters have been forced to read scripts off computers with the teleprompter system down,” it says.

Microsoft outage Live updates: A minor impact of the outage is being reported from Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 of Delh’s IGI airport. According to airport officials, manual boarding passes are being given by airlines.

Microsoft outage Live updates: Flight operations at the Berlin airport have been suspended due to a ‘technical problem’, AFP is reporting.

Microsoft outage Live updates: Video shared by news agency PTI shows passengers stranded at Goa airport following a technical glitch with the check-in system. Watch the video here.

Microsoft outage Live updates: “Our systems are currently impacted by a Microsoft outage, which is also affecting other companies. During this time booking, check-in, access to your boarding pass, and some flights may be impacted…” the airlines wrote on X.

“As our systems are impacted by an ongoing issue with Microsoft Azure, we are experiencing high volumes at contact centre. Please contact us only if your travel is within 24 hrs,” it added.

Microsoft outage Live updates: UK’s Sky News is currently off air due to the significant Microsoft technical outage.

Windows 10 users globally are facing massive outage owing to a new Crowdstrike update. This leading to PCs getting stuck on the recovery screen. Several users on social media shared images of their screen stuck on the recovery page with the message reading, “It looks like Windows didn’t load correctly. If you’d like to restart and try again, choose Restart my PC below.” Read more.

Microsoft outage Live updates: Akasa Airlines announced that some of its online services will be temporarily unavailable at the Mumbai and Delhi airports. Spicejet also said in a statement that it is currently facing a technical issue in providing updates on flights.