KLM suspends ‘most’ of its operation due to global computer outage
The Dutch arm of Air France-KLM said Friday it has been forced to suspend “most” of its operation due to a global computer outage.
The outage has made it “impossible to handle flights,” KLM said in a statement. “We realize that, especially given the summer vacations, this is extremely inconvenient for our customers. We are working hard to resolve the problem.”
Earlier Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport said a “global system failure at Microsoft” had disrupted flights to and from the airport.
– April Roach
Microsoft says services ‘continuing to see improvements’
In an update at 8:55 a.m. U.K. time (3:55 a.m. ET), Microsoft 365 said on social platform X that “multiple services are continuing to see improvements in availability as our mitigation actions progress.”
According to a Microsoft web page tracking the status of its services, “users may be unable to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services.” Issues are affecting apps including Microsoft Fabric, Teams, Purview, Defender, SharePoint and OneNote, according to the tracker.
— Jenni Reid
CrowdStrike, Microsoft shares lose ground
Shares of tech titans CrowdStrike and Microsoft were losing ground in premarket trading, after both reported significant outages that rippled across businesses worldwide.
CrowdStrike stock was down 14.08% at 09:27 a.m. London time, with Microsoft shares lower by 2.12%.
— Ruxandra Iordache
London Stock Exchange says investigating technical issues
London Stock Exchange Group on Friday said it is investigating technical issues after it was hit by a global IT outage affecting its pricing data and news communications.
In a notice on its website, LSEG said that it is “currently experiencing a 3rd party global technical issue, preventing news from being published on www.londonstockexchange.com.”
“Technical teams are working to restore the service. Other services across the Group, including London Stock Exchange continue to operate as normal,” the exchange group added.
LSEG’s Eikon data platform was also affected by technical issues Friday morning.
When logging into the platform, a notice at the top of the site reads: “We’re sorry for the inconvenience. You will need to restart workspace. If you need help, please contact us.”
LSEG was not immediately available to provide a comment when contacted by CNBC Friday.
CrowdStrike rolls back update after major outage
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally.
The outage resulted from an issue with the latest update, the company said. CrowdStrike is now in the process of rolling back that update globally.
— Katrina Bishop
Microsoft reports disruption
Microsoft’s cloud services have been restored after suffering an outage, the company said on Friday.
The U.S. tech giant said late on Thursday that customers in the Central U.S. region may experience issues with multiple Azure services and its Microsoft 365 suite of apps. This could include “failures with service management operations and connectivity or availability of services.”
On Friday, Microsoft said it determined the underlying cause and the majority of services were recovered. However, the company said that some customers may still experience issues in the region.
“A small subset of services is still experiencing residual impact,” Microsoft said.
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