NEW YORK, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Businesses such as banks, airlines, train companies, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been affected by a massive global outage, causing them to go offline.
According to multiple reports on Friday, major US airlines have also not been spared from the outage, as airports in Germany, Amsterdam, and Spain are reporting similar issues resulting in many flights being grounded.
The London Stock Exchange is said to be among the businesses that have been affected by this massive global outage, although the cause has yet to be identified.
Payment systems have been impacted in different parts of the world, including Australia and the UK, while 911 services have been disrupted in several US states including Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Ohio.
The outage has also caused significant disruption to some Microsoft services.
Prominent security consultant Troy Hunt said, “this will be the largest IT outage in history and this is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time.” — NNN-AGENCIES