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I'm seeing some people calling this International Blue Screen Day.
So, the takeaways are:CrowdStrike founder and CEO @George_Kurtz
speaks on TODAY about the major computer outages worldwide that started earlier today: “We’re deeply sorry for the impact that we’ve caused to customers, to travelers, to anyone affected by this.”
Also UK here. I had a call from the hospital today to book an appointment on their system at the exact same time the global updates were saying the NHS was unable to book appointments so clearly it isn’t all of the NHS booking system that’s affected (although I’d expect them to be on the same platform?)I picked up my prescription at 9 this morning, have just returned from the weekly shop in Aldi no issues.UK here.
Also UK here. I had a call from the hospital today to book an appointment on their system at the exact same time the global updates were saying the NHS was unable to book appointments so clearly it isn’t all of the NHS booking system that’s affected (although I’d expect them to be on the same platform?)
What has been affected by the Microsoft outages?
Over 1,000 flights had been cancelled in the U.S. by early Friday morning and more than 1,700 others were delayed. Globally, more than 15,000 flights were delayed early Friday, and that number was expected to rise.
In Europe, Lufthansa, KLM and SAS Airlines reported disruptions. Switzerland's largest airport, in Zurich, said planes were not being allowed to land, according to CBS News partner network BBC News.
In India, at the country's primary airport in Delhi, everything was being done manually. No electric check-in terminals were functioning and gate information was being updated by hand on a white board, the BBC reported.
Hospitals in Germany said they were cancelling elective surgeries Friday and doctors in the U.K. said they were having issues accessing their online booking system. Pharmacists in the U.K. said there were disruptions with medicine deliveries and accessing prescriptions.
Much more in article: Microsoft outages caused by CrowdStrike software glitch paralyze airlines, other businesses. Here's what to know.
HP bought out DEC... where I worked for 17 years !!yes!In Roseville, California.
It's always been amusing to me how people don't see the connection between the time and effort put in to prevent Y2K and the lack of problems on that day. (Not you specifically SouthAussie, just making a general observation.)
An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but humans don't really think that way.
We'll see it here too. I'm sure all this was foreseeable. But only after billions in damages (and perhaps even some lives lost with all the hospital systems down) will there be some kind of safety net put in place so a random software update doesn't result in all this havoc.
Namus is out!!!Well, one thing is for sure. Websleuths is still working, internationally.
That's the kind of person I want to travel with!
Oh yes, I remember some of those discussions as well...so many options were being considered.Most people aren't even aware of all the things that so many did to ensure operations could continue to run smoothly.
I was assigned to telecomms management for a medical facility at the time, at one point we even considered turning back the system clocks to avoid 2000 - until we could see the ramifications.
Instead we installed a lot of work-arounds.