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Tech outage cripples world
The New Indian Express
|July 20, 2024
MASSIVE TECH BLACKOUT AFFECTS AIRLINES, E MAJOR AIRPORTS AS OPERATIONS DISRUPTED | BANKS, MEDIA OUTLETS CHAOS AT INDIGO CANCELS OVER 200 FLIGHTS
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AIRLINES, banks, media outlets, and financial institutions across the world were on Friday thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent histoy, caused by an update to an antivirus programme. The mass IT outage came after some widely used Microsoft 365 applications and services shut down for hours as a result of the update. There were unprecedented chaos in major cities, including in India, with flights grounded, communication shut down, and shops closed.
Millions encountered the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, causing sudden system shutdowns or restarts.
This story is from the July 20, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express.
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