Microsoft faces global outage, flights,banks,stock exchange hit

Microsoft users globally, several in India, have reported massive outages in services, with outage tracking website Downdetector showing users flagging disruptions across various services. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its cloud services outage in the Central US region has been resolved.A new Crowdstrike (cybersecurity software firm) update is being cited as the cause of the outage, which has impacted Windows-based desktop and laptops.Airlines in India on Friday reported that their systems across the network are impacted by an ongoing outage in Microsoft Azure. Flyers are advised to reach out to their respective airlines for information on the flights.
Microsoft Azure, or just Azure, is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It offers management, access, and development of applications and services to individuals, companies, and governments.Vistara Airlines , in an X post , said the airline is facing technical challenges.

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A similar disruption was reported by Akasa Air earlier Friday. Akasa Air said due to infrastructure issues with the service provider, "some of our online services, including booking, check-in and manage booking services will be temporarily unavailable" Microsoft meanwhile said they were investigating the issue impacting users' ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services.

News outlets in Australia also reported that airlines, telecommunications providers and banks, and media broadcasters were disrupted as they lost access to computer systems. Some banks in New Zealand said they were also offline.Passenger movement at Dubai airport was halted due to the global outage caused by an update by cybersecurity platform.
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the government is in touch with Microsoft to resolve the global outage that has disrupted flights, supermarkets, banking operations, stock market and multiple sectors in the world. The minister also said that the reason for this outage has been "identified" and updates have been released to resolve the issue.“NIC network is not affected,” the minister also said referring to the National Informatics Centre's (NIC) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) network which is a communication network that provides services to the central government, state governments, union territories, districts as well as other government bodies.