{"id":43256,"date":"2024-07-19T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=43256"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:27:53","slug":"banks-airlines-railways-and-media-outlets-hit-by-global-outage-linked-to-windows-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2024\/07\/19\/banks-airlines-railways-and-media-outlets-hit-by-global-outage-linked-to-windows-pcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks, airlines, railways and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Businesses including banks, airlines, railways, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline after blue screen of death error screens were seen on\u00a0Windows\u00a0workstations across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users on the subreddit for cyber security firm&nbsp;<strong>Crowdstrike<\/strong>&nbsp;reported issues in India, the United States and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain\u2019s biggest train company has warned passengers to expect disruption due to \u201cwidespread IT issues\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Govia Thameslink Railway<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 parent company of Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Great Northern \u2013 issued an alert on its social media channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e9ea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e9ea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-1024x1021.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43257 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-1024x1021.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-768x766.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-75x75.webp 75w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-350x350.webp 350w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-750x748.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-1140x1136.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7572-jpeg.webp 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The NHS booking system used by doctors in England is offline<\/strong>, medical officials said on X<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a09aa1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a09aa1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-782x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43258 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-782x1024.webp 782w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-229x300.webp 229w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-768x1006.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-1172x1536.webp 1172w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-750x983.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-1140x1493.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2024\/07\/IMG_7573-jpeg.webp 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The\u00a0<strong>London Stock Exchange<\/strong>\u00a0is also facing technical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sky News in the UK reported being off air<\/strong>\u00a0this morning, with Sky News sports presenter\u00a0<strong>Jacquie Beltrao<\/strong>\u00a0posting on X: \u201cWe\u2019re obviously not on air \u2013 we\u2019re trying.\u201d Sky News is still down, according to a message on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses including banks, airlines, railways, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline after blue screen of death error screens were seen on\u00a0Windows\u00a0workstations across the globe. Users on the subreddit for cyber security firm&nbsp;Crowdstrike&nbsp;reported issues in India, the United States and New Zealand. 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