Microsoft outage and much more caused flights in numerous countries to be grounded.
Microsoft outage The services affected due to Microsoft outage are now slowly coming back on track. It is worth mentioning that on Friday, due to a server error caused by a software update, the work of the whole world came to a standstill. Flights of many countries were affected and its effect was seen in banking, IT, media and other sectors. However, everything appeared to be normal on Saturday.
Ankush Pandey
INTRO
- Work is slowly getting back to normal after the Microsoft outage.
- Airline services resumed at Indian airports.
- The outage affected flights and banking systems across the world.
- Many Windows 10 computers are experiencing BSOD due to CrowdStrike update
- Social media is flooded with pictures of recovery pages with error messages
- Major Indian airlines like Akasa Air and IndiGo are facing problems with the check-in system
The world, which had almost come to a standstill due to Microsoft outage, seemed to be back on track on Saturday. From Indian airlines to healthcare and banking, online services are working normally. However, airline services have still not returned to normal in many countries, including Britain.
Manual screening of passengers is being done at Manchester Airport. Flights had to be canceled in many countries due to a Microsoft outage. The systems of banks and hospitals went offline and the functioning of media establishments came to a halt. It also had a huge impact on the lives of people in India.
Flight services have normalized in India
Flight services at Indian airports resumed normally from 3 am on Saturday. According to ANI, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday that normalcy has been restored. Passengers are no longer facing problems. The minister said, "The Microsoft problem has been resolved. The schedule is now being followed as before across the country."
The DGCA has said that flight operations have resumed normally. However, passengers had to face problems at various airports across the country for the second day. Meanwhile, according to IANS, Air India said on Saturday that not a single flight of its was cancelled due to the Microsoft outage, only a few flights were delayed.
Cyberattacks are not the cause of Microsoft outage
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity platform, said on Saturday that the cause of Microsoft outage was not a cyber attack. Crowd Strike CEO George Kurtz has apologized for the outage. The crowd strike explained why the world had to deal with the outage on Friday. Crowd Strike (a cyber security software company) said that on July 19 at 9.30 am (Indian time), it released a sensor configuration update for Windows systems.
Updates are released for cyber security. Due to errors in configuration updates or technical mismatches, the screens of millions of computers turned blue one after the other (the Blue Screen of Death). It was fixed at around 10.57 am.
Failure exposes the weakness of technology
The failure of CrowdStrike exposes the weakness of globally connected technology. CrowdStrike is a leading provider of cyber security services to airlines, banks, hospitals and other organizations worldwide to protect computer systems from hackers and data breaches.
"This is a result of the homogenous technology that underlies our entire IT infrastructure. The reason for this mess is that we are dependent on too few companies," said Gregory Falco, assistant professor of engineering at Cornell University.
CrowdStrike's big mistake
Cybersecurity analyst Richard Steinen said that this was a big mistake by CrowdStrike. Steinen, who has been monitoring the cybersecurity industry for the last 24 years, said, 'This is definitely the biggest mistake or glitch of any security software provider till date.' Experts say that unless a better back-up system is built in the network to deal with emergency situations, incidents of outage cannot be prevented. Meanwhile, CrowdStrike's stock has fallen by 11 percent.
Technological dependence has its disadvantages
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that dependence on technology has its disadvantages, citing the example of Microsoft outrage. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court, he said, 'I am a strong supporter of the benefits of technology, but on Friday we saw the adverse effects of dependence on technology. Flights were canceled across the country after disruption in Microsoft services.'
