A major outage of Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows PC and Azure cloud services and CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) cybersecurity services is impacting states, countries and services in the U.S. and around the world.
Here is a look at the states, countries and sectors impacted by what users sometimes call the “blue screen of death.”
Services Impacted: One of the major services impacted by the outages are airlines. Notable ones including American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) issued ground stops due to communications issues.
Frontier Group Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ULCC) also said it was impacted by the "Microsoft outage."
"During this time booking, check-in, access to your boarding pass, and some flights may be impacted," the airline tweeted.
Flight operations for the airline had begun resuming Friday as the systems normalized.
The Associated Press reported more than 300 flights had been delayed early Friday morning in the New York City area with over 100 flights canceled.
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an update on X.
"The FAA is closely monitoring a technical issue impacting IT systems at U.S. airlines. Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved," the ...