Global IT outage: 'Biggest IT outage the world has ever seen'

A global IT outage is affecting major services including airlines, banks, healthcare and broadcasters across the world.

It is believed the meltdown is related to an issue at the software company Microsoft and global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.

#skynews #microsoft #crowdstrike #uk

[punchy]

There's a very old saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket

[neilcassey]

My mate had his Ibiza holiday cancelled at the last second, forcing him to find an alternative way of catching an STD. Fortunately he lives less than twenty miles from Southend.

[Bhethar]

And this is why having few mega corporations handling everything on some far away server is a dumb idea.

[NaranuCS]

never merge on a Friday, going to be a late night 😂

[neilcassey]

My Nan has lost almost two hours of Gala Online Bingo. These people are pure evil. 😢😢

[amt]

Someone at Crowdstrike..."what's this button for?" 🤣

[txbre]

Working in IT, can’t log in, realizing it’s because of Crowdstrike 😭😂

[JBE]

Drove past a bank this morning and saw a line of people trying to get their money out! Keep calm and carry cash 😊

[RAWMUSICTV]

Luckily, the biggest IT outage the world has ever seen, "affecting major services including broadcasters across the world" has not affected one of the biggest broadcasters across the world...as here we are...watching the "meltdown"...on the internet...

[lusa]

Good thing is that i have zero money in my bank account...😂😂😂

[whatdoyouwantfromme]

Leaving everything up to computers is a great human mistake ✌🏼😑👎🏻

[Alan]

Despite this a wallet full of £5, £10 and £20 pound notes is still there during this outage. Don't get rid of cash exactly for this reason.

[Fosteredmentality]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

[Wodens-Wolf]

The world without constant tech would be beneficial, beautiful.

[jonathanbicknell]

It's about bloody time they cancelled the internet!
Nothing but trolls and idiots like me.

[pt_]

The mainstream media being affected and taken off air is very alarming, but oh dear, how sad, never mind, I'm sure we'll get over it!!

[ncndmtb]

Cash can't crash. Forget digital currency and digital ID.

[devtib]

As every day passes life feels like I’m an extra in a scripted play.

[RaceAgnstTme]

This is why monopolies don’t work. Someone needs to compete against Microsoft in a big way. This is too much at stake when everyone depends on a singular company especially a global scale.

[blazzz]

Lawsuits incoming. Imagine if this turns out to be Crowdstrike cheaping out and hiring a junior dev who simply forgot to close his code by adding ; and causing a syntax error of massive proportions