SINGAPORE, July 19 – IT outages have been reported across the world, affecting flights, banking and company operations in countries such as Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
The disruption, linked to Microsoft’s Windows, appears to stem from an issue with cybersecurity software firm CrowdStrike, CNA reported.
CrowdStrike acknowledged on Friday (Jul 19) that it had received “widespread reports of BSODs on Windows hosts”, referring to the “blue screen of death” commonly used to describe a system crash on Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
In a Facebook post, Singapore Airlines said services at its ION service centre in Singapore and its reservation hotlines are currently experiencing technical issues due to the global IT outage.
“There is currently no impact on SIA flights, which are operating as scheduled,” SIA said. “We are working closely with our service partners to resolve the issue as soon as possible.” The airline also apologised for the inconvenience caused.
