Major outage affecting businesses worldwide caused by CrowdStrike issue.

• A major outage occurred globally on Friday, as reported by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to NBC.
• CrowdStrike is currently reversing the update that led to the problem.
• After reports of technical problems at businesses worldwide, confirmation was received.

A major outage occurred globally on Friday, as reported by NBC, following an update by a cybersecurity firm.

The update that caused the issue is being rolled back, and the outage is not thought to be due to a hack or any malicious activity.

The confirmation came after widespread reports of technical issues across the world.

Earlier on Friday, Microsoft announced that its cloud services had been mostly restored after experiencing an outage affecting its cloud apps in the U.S. It is unclear whether this outage was related to CrowdStrike's update.

The update issue at CrowdStrike has caused laptops worldwide to display the "blue screen of death" error screen.

CrowdStrike has acknowledged reports of Windows host crashes linked to the Falcon Sensor, as stated in a recorded phone message.

Numerous businesses, including airlines, banks, telecom firms, and others, encountered problems on Friday, although the reasons for each issue were not immediately apparent.

The world's largest airline, Air France-KLM, stated that it had to suspend most of its operations in the Dutch arm due to a technology issue affecting "multiple carriers."

The computer system at Spain's airport authority AENA experienced an incident, resulting in delays for travelers. Meanwhile, U.K. airline Ryanair reported disruption due to a third-party IT outage. To avoid any inconvenience, Ryanair advised passengers to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their scheduled departure time.

Financial institutions worldwide, including banks and companies in the travel sector, have encountered difficulties, with the London Stock Exchange experiencing technical problems with its data and news platform.

Allianz, a major German finance company, is currently experiencing a significant outage that is preventing employees from logging into their computers. This issue is affecting multiple companies and specifically impacting Windows login. The cause of the outage is an incident at CrowdStrike, the company's provider.

A Visa spokesperson stated that despite not being affected in processing payments, they are aware of reports of payment failure and are collaborating with financial institutions to investigate any effects on their services to cardholders and merchants.

NBC Universal is also being affected by the CrowdStrike outage.

The outage will result in significant harm, according to Omer Grossman, CIO at CyberArk.

The software update of CrowdStrike's EDR product caused the glitch, which is a product that protects endpoints with high privileges. This malfunction can cause the operating system to crash, as seen in the current incident.

Getting back online is unlikely to be easy, according to Grossman.

The Blue Screen of Death has caused the endpoints to crash, preventing them from being updated remotely. This issue must be resolved manually, endpoint by endpoint, which is expected to take several days.

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