Tech giant Microsoft announced today that it is taking action following a technical problem that affected several businesses, mainly in Australia. Our services are improving as we continue to take mitigation measures,” the company said in a message on social media X.
Passenger service at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport without any problems
Air traffic and passenger service at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos is progressing without any particular problems. This is despite the operational problems that other major airports worldwide are experiencing with their information systems.
Specifically, as an executive in the communication sector of the Airport told APE-MPA a short while ago, only some of the airlines have experienced problems in their information systems, but they overcome them by resorting to ... traditional Check In methods (use of cards, etc.). No problems or flight delays have been observed, beyond the usual.
Off-network health booking system in England
A health booking system used by doctors in England is offline, health officials say in posts today on the X platform.
A global technical problem in an IT system affects the operation of businesses in several countries, including the UK's Sky News network, Spanish airports, Australian media and banks.
Many Australian companies affected by “large-scale technical failure”
“Widespread technical failure” is affecting dozens of businesses in Australia - from banks, telecoms companies to media outlets - and appears to be linked to problems experienced by cybersecurity services provider Crowdstrike, an Australian Home Affairs Department spokesman said.
According to specialist website Downdetector, the outage affects many banks and telecoms companies.
“I have been advised of a large-scale technical failure affecting a number of businesses and services across Australia this afternoon,” Michelle McGuinness, of the Australian Cyber Security Agency, noted via X.
“Current information suggests that this failure is linked to a technical problem with the software platform used by the affected companies,” she added.
Moreover, McGuinness stressed that “there is no information to suggest that this is a cybersecurity-related incident”.
Australia's state broadcaster ABC said it was experiencing a “major technical failure”, without giving details.
For its part, Crowdstrike says in a pre-recorded message that it is aware of reports of a problem in Microsoft's Windows operating system linked to the Falcon sensor.
