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CrowdStrike short sellers net $461 mn after stock plunges on Windows outage

The contrarian group reaped paper profits of $461 million on the cybersecurity software company's 11% drop, according to data from S3 Partners LLC

2 days after global outage: Airlines play catch-up with flight schedule

About 1,000 flights delayed at country's three busiest airports

Microsoft global tech outage: When all systems in the world go down

The tech outage marks the risk of depending on a single firm's software, report Shivani Shinde & Ashutosh Mishra

About 8.5 mn devices got affected by CrowdStrike-related outage: Microsoft

We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines, Microsoft said in a blog

Microsoft outage: IndiGo cancels 93 flights; systems limp back to recovery

Air India, on the other hand, said its systems have been working just fine but a few of its flights have been delayed due to the outage of airport systems

Issue resolved, flights on schedule now: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and refunds are taken care of, he added

Banking to healthcare operations: What caused the global cyber outage?

George Kurtz, CrowdStrike's CEO, said in a post on X that CrowdStrike had deployed a fix for the issue. "This is not a security incident or cyberattack," he wrote

Microsoft outage disrupts aviation in India; other services unaffected

IndiGo, India's largest airline, reported the cancellation of at least 192 flights over Friday and Saturday

All ops running after successful resolution of Microsoft outage: SpiceJet

SpiceJet said late on Friday that all its systems at airports, ticket bookings and call centres are up and running smoothly after a "successful resolution" of a Microsoft outage that impacted the aviation industry all through the day. "The technical outage has been fully resolved, and all our systems are back to normal operations," SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said in a statement. The outage, which began Friday morning, affected airlines globally, causing temporary disruptions to online services and airport check-in processes. The airline said that despite the challenges posed by the global technical outage, it is operating all scheduled flights as planned on Friday and claimed there was not even a single cancellation due to the technical outage. "Our team worked to ensure minimal disruption to our passengers' travel plans. We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of our passengers and stakeholders during this time," the airline said.

Microsoft outage: Fliers stuck at Dubai airport, US flights impacted too

A global Microsoft outage caused by a Crowdstrike update affected airline operations, and disrupted services at major airports globally

Microsoft glitch triggers chaos, internet turns it into comedy gold

Microsoft Windows users across the world are finding themselves face-to-face with the infamous 'Blue Screen of Death'

UK airports, trains, LSE, NHS impacted by global Microsoft outage

The UK's airports and trains experienced delays, with the London Stock Exchange and the National Health Service among the other organisations in the country dealing with the fallout of a global IT outage on Friday that has grounded planes and caused chaos around the world. The outage, believed to be related to an issue at US-headquartered prolific cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft, seems to be affecting Windows PCs globally and has also forced Sky News' off the air. London's biggest airport, Heathrow, said in a statement that its "flights are operational though we are experiencing delays". While the airport said it is implementing contingency plans to minimise impact, Gatwick Airport said passengers may experience some delays" when checking in and passing through security. Luton and Edinburgh Airport, meanwhile, switched to manual systems to support operations. The London Stock Exchange Group said trading continues to operate as normal while it is working on resolving an

Major US airlines ground flights amid global Microsoft outage roils ops

American Airlines, however, later said in a statement it had re-established operations. Frontier and Spirit too cancelled directives to ground planes

Crowdstrike's update on Microsoft outage: 'Issue found, fix deployed'

Microsoft outage: Crowdstrike clarified that the outage was not caused by a cyberattack but due a defect in an update, which has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed

Microsoft outage: Govt in touch with authorities, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

The worldwide Microsoft outage caused widespread disruptions in sectors ranging from flight operations and the stock market to media outlets and banking operations

Microsoft's 'Screen of Death' error chokes global services: What's impacted

Millions of Microsoft users around the world reported seeing the "Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)" error on their devices, which is causing the system to suddenly shut down or restart

Blue Screen of Death: Global outage that led to Windows 10 crash explained

An outage of CrowdStrike has caused a global disruption for users of Microsoft Windows computers, affecting businesses and individuals across Australia, Japan, India and other countries

Check-in systems down: IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa ops hit by major tech glitch

Microsoft cloud service outage disrupts check-in systems across the country. Airlines are working with Microsoft to resolve the technical issues

Microsoft resolves cloud outage that led US airlines to ground flights

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the department was monitoring the flight cancellation and delay issues

Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available on iOS and Android

Microsoft Designer is available as a free mobile app and as an app on Windows. With Designer app, users can edit and create images using artificial intelligence