SpindleWhorl
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No clue but hope it spreads to my work systems and I get the day off
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ChampagneBox
VIP Member
The good news is Tattle is still up 
kev1974
VIP Member
It's only affecting companies (and orgs within the NHS etc) that
(a) install a security package called Crowdstrike onto their Windows systems, it's one of their regularly-through-the-day updates that have gone bad
and
(b) haven't done their Business Continuity Planning properly (otherwise known as Disaster Recovery / fallback etc) as these security packages going wrong is a completely forseeable event, and they should have things structured so their whole IT isn't knocked out.
Not all companies.
Not sure why the Daily Mail has about ten stories calling it a "global Microsoft outage" and blaming them, just shows the DM are idiots when it comes to tech I guess.
(a) install a security package called Crowdstrike onto their Windows systems, it's one of their regularly-through-the-day updates that have gone bad
and
(b) haven't done their Business Continuity Planning properly (otherwise known as Disaster Recovery / fallback etc) as these security packages going wrong is a completely forseeable event, and they should have things structured so their whole IT isn't knocked out.
Not all companies.
Not sure why the Daily Mail has about ten stories calling it a "global Microsoft outage" and blaming them, just shows the DM are idiots when it comes to tech I guess.
Orphan_Black
VIP Member
It’s affected my work computers so twiddling my thumbs at the mo. Nice.
Got a mate that works at Heathrow and that’s all down too.
Got a mate that works at Heathrow and that’s all down too.
Heyguysswipeup
VIP Member
I live in New Zealand and loads of things are down. Internet banking / using a bank card. All of the hospitals online portals, airports, my husband has come home from work early from his night shift as everything was down!
Sadly no impact on my work.
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My work have now emailed to say it's causing issues but sadly doesn't seem to be for me
Probablylurking66
Chatty Member
Itchy of Itchington
VIP Member
Disappointingly everything at work was running today. But I finished at 1 so it's not too bad and I'd have been annoyed if everyone got a day off and I only got half of a free day's leave!
Dame Christine Bleakley
Chatty Member
Lots of companies are dependant on systems from others, so if one is down it knocks out others. A bit like dominos.
Here our invoicing and payments systems that we get from other companies are down. Should be back this afternoon they say so a bit annoying for us.
Heyguysswipeup
VIP Member
You can’t use your card to pay with certain banks but they make up the majority of the banks here, the petrol companies have asked to use cash to pay for things. Luckily it’s 8.30pm now so there will be a lot less things being bought! Not sure about buying things via the internet though!
Shire-life
Active member
Info some might find useful......I'm at Heathrow... everything working as normal.
OatMatchaLatte
VIP Member
Our content management systems are all down, so we can't publish anything (I'm a financial news editor).
Some people in the wider company were having an issue with their laptops whereby they were on a restart loop
.
I'm just hoping they stay down until 3pm, we have early finish Fridays in the summer, and I don't want to end up stuck late sorting out a backlog.
Some people in the wider company were having an issue with their laptops whereby they were on a restart loop
.I'm just hoping they stay down until 3pm, we have early finish Fridays in the summer, and I don't want to end up stuck late sorting out a backlog.
veryfondoftea
VIP Member
I'm at work and everything is working fine sadly. Just popped to Waitrose though and card payments not working at all so went to the one and only cash point in the town and that's not working either
Dame Christine Bleakley
Chatty Member
WTF is happening? Sky news is off air and all flights gounded in Sydney. Never heard of something so wide reaching before
Sky News is off air in the UKpublished at 08:10
08:10BREAKING
IMAGE SOURCE,SKY NEWS
Image caption,
A screengrab of Sky News Channel as of 08:10BST
In the UK, Sky News channel is off air due to the outages.
The channel has not been able to broadcast live this morning, the company's executive chairman says.
Sky News is off air in the UKpublished at 08:10
08:10BREAKING
Image caption,
A screengrab of Sky News Channel as of 08:10BST
In the UK, Sky News channel is off air due to the outages.
The channel has not been able to broadcast live this morning, the company's executive chairman says.
ScrambledBegs
Chatty Member
Sounds so scary! Does that mean you can’t use your card to pay anywhere or get onto online banking?
Orphan_Black
VIP Member
The London Stock Exchange is down too. Jeeeeeez.
Orphan_Black
VIP Member
We were so close to getting the day off but the nerds in IT sorted it. Booooooooo.
cowtastrophe
VIP Member
I’m wfh and everything seems fine at the moment!
Dame Christine Bleakley
Chatty Member
Is it a windows blue screen of death causing it?