A cyber blackout The virus is still keeping important companies around the world in suspense, although the worst effects have already passed. The global failure was due to an error in the update of Crowdstrike, the cybersecurity platform of Microsoft, and even reached some banks of Uruguay.
Some Bank services of the country were affected by the Microsoft failure, according to Radio Monte Carlo based on information from banking sources. However, users were quickly reassured by the confirmation that no customer data had been affected.
This is because, as reported by the world’s largest IT company – and unwittingly responsible for the blackout – the error was a computer failure and not a cyber attack. In this sense, it is hoped that the problem at a local level can be resolved shortly. “It is a matter of the software providerThe correct version has already been delivered and is being installed,” the sources said.
At local airports, another of the places where problems were reported worldwide, there have been no effects so far. From the Carrasco Airport They said they have no information about the computer failure and that the air terminal is operating normally.
“Software-related system crashes must be one of the first major ones, at least as far as I can remember. There have been crashes due to infrastructure issues, but not due to anything specific related to software,” he said. Leonardo Loureiro, Computer engineer and vice president of Training at the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI); for whom “the fragility of the whole society is surprising and worrying digital infrastructure”.
What happened to Microsoft?
A computer failure, one of the largest in recent years, caused damage on Friday around the world, including to international airlines, railway companies, banks, hospitals and telecommunications companies.
The failure, which was apparently due to an update of an antivirus program, also impacted the “computer operations” of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesthe event’s organizing committee reported, one week before the opening ceremony on July 26.
In a notice posted on its website, the US company Microsoft He said the problems began on Thursday night and affected users of Azure, their cloud platform, which controls the cybersecurity software CrowdStrike Falcon.
CrowdStrike CEO, George Kurtz, said customers were affected “by a defect found in a user content update” Windows”. “The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been applied,” he wrote on social media.
The Actions of the company fell 20% in pre-market trading.
Source: Ambito
