An apparent global malfunction linked to the IT security firm Crowdstrike on Microsoft’s Windows operating system has caused worldwide outages at banks, airlines, news outlets, health systems and other organizations around the world.
The airport in Berlin has halted flights, the UK health booking system is offline and Australian media outlets as well as British Sky News are not operational as a result of the outage which appears to be linked to the same software glitch.
A number of major airlines including Delta, United and American Airlines temporarily halted flights, while several airports around the world said their activities were affected, including all airports in Spain.
In Israel, the fault has affected some hospitals as well as the Israel Postal Service and some news outlets. Flights may be delayed at Ben Gurion Airport due to delays elsewhere linked to the outage, the airport says.
The Haaretz news site reports that its customer service operations are down.
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