Microsoft Windows users were met with this screen on Friday, including supermarket checkout screensOne man posted a handwritten boarding passWith Microsoft down, TV stations including Sky News suffered setbacksSome businesses were forced to shut up shop
A viral photo posted to X by traveller Akshay Kothari shows a handwritten boarding pass.
Alongside the image, he wrote: “The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first hand-written boarding pass today.”
Meanwhile, many Microsoft users have shared snaps of the computer screens stuck with a blue display with the message “Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart”.
CrowdStrike regularly push out anti-virus updates but it appears its most recent has plunged much of the world back to a pre-tech past.
Supermarket checkouts were out of order in Australia with their systems hit by the same dreaded blue screen.
Shops were forced to temporarily close and put up signs saying they couldn’t serve customers amid the anarchy.
Big queues were seen at airports with airlines also struck.
Ryanair warned of possible disruptions, citing a “global 3rd party system outage”.
According to founder of cyber research company Imperum Senad Aruc, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was “frozen”.
He wrote on X: “Looks like Crowdstrike Doom’s Day it is real, many airline companies having issues with their systems.”
CrowdStrike posted to its website saying: “CrowdStrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows related to the Falcon Sensor.”
Cyber security researcher Troy Hunt said: “Something super weird happening right now.”
He called the blue screen the “blue screen of death”.
Sky News’ breakfast show couldn’t be aired on Friday morning as the meltdown reared its ugly head in Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan.
Holidaymakers in summer hotspot Majorca were forced to form huge queues at Palma airport on Friday morning, pictures show.
Govia Thameslink Railway warned of disruption amid “widespread IT issues”.
They are the company behind Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern trains.
In a worrying development, a bunch of British GP services have been impacted and two German hospitals were forced to cancel emergency services.
Bank services in Australia have been affected with Beyond Bank Australia saying it was “experiencing intermittent issues”.
The Paris Olympics IT system was also hit, with global sporting event to kick off next week.
Global services affected by IT outage
UK trains
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – urged passengers to expect disruption due to “widespread IT issues”
Gatwick Express – warned travellers they are “currently experiencing widespread IT issues”
South Western Railway – all ticket vending machines are currently non operational – buy tickets online
National Rail – some train operators are unable to access driver diagrams at certain locations, leading to potential short-notice train cancellations
TransPennine Express – some TPE stations and systems are having IT issues – buy tickets online
Airports and airlines
Manchester Airport – delays for those checking-in for Swissport flights
London Gatwick – passengers may experience some delays while checking in and passing through security but should still arrive for their normal check-in time
Ryanair – advise passengers to arrive at the airport three hours in advance of their flight to avoid any disruptions
Edinburgh Airport – wait times longer than usual
Stansted Airport – some airline check-in services reverted to being done manually, but main operational systems are unaffected and flights are still operating as normal
Luton Airport – running manual systems
Heathrow Airport – affected but flights operational – check with airline on latest journey information
American Airlines – all flights cancelled
United and Delta – no flights taking off
Mumbai Airport – check-in desks shut down for IndiGo, Akasa and Spice Jet flights
Australian airline Qantas – flights grounded
Schipol Airport in Amsterdam – flights to and from the Netherlands affected
Spanish airport association AENA – reported issues at 42 airports
Television Networks
Sky News – Friday morning breakfast show unable to air but now back on screens with reporter reading from printed notes
Britain’s GPs
The Wilmslow Health Centre in Cheshire – without access to their IT systems
Solihull Healthcare Partnership in the West Midlands – affected ability to book/consult with patients this morning
Central Lakes Medical Group in Ambleside – stated there has been a “big effect” and delays on the phone expected
Pocklington Group Practice in the East Riding of Yorkshire – appointments needing to be cancelled and rearranged
Hulme Hall Medical Group, in Stockport – unable to offer any appointments
Windrush Medical Practice in Witney, Oxfordshire – continuing as normal for urgent enquiries but ask for routine concerns to wait until Monday
Grimethorpe Surgery in Barnsley – no access to the clinical system, EMIS Web
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) confirmed the IT outage is disrupting community pharmacies
A surgery in Putney, southwest London – Displaying an error message online to patients who attempt to book
Global hospitals
Two German hospitals have been forced to cancel emergency operations
The hospitals, in the northern German cities of Luebeck and Kiel, cancelled all elective operations scheduled for today
Supermarketsand restaurants
Morrisons are affected
Some Waitrose and Co-op are now cash only
Gails and Waterstones experiencing some issues
Wetherspoons pubs – only accepting cash
Woolworths supermarkets in Australia – self service machines not working
Events
Manchester United ticket release postponed – morning’s ticket release will be postponed until midday and website will remain unavailable
Banks and supermarkets in Australia including Beyond Bank Australia have also been experiencing issues this morning. Various Microsoft services in Japan and New Zealand are also battling tech issues.
The Sky News broadcast was cut offHuge lines formed at holidayspot Palma, the capital of Spanish island MajorcaBrits have been warned of rail disruptionsPassengers had to wait at Barajas Airport in Madrid, with airports in India and Amsterdam also said to be at a standstill
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