Shares of Microsoft and CrowdStrike fell sharply in preliminary trading on the Nasdaq exchange due to a global failure of computers running Windows that affected airlines, banks, exchanges, television and radio broadcasters, supermarkets and many other organizations in a number of countries, Forbes noted. ru.
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Shares of CrowdStrike, whose software update for Windows workstations caused the incident, fell at a low of almost a quarter, down 21.3% to $270, while Microsoft shares fell almost 3.5% to $425.13. According to Forbes.ru, as of 14:18 Moscow time, the fall in Microsoft shares slowed to 1.4%, in CrowdStrike – to 11.67%.
CrowdStrike reported that the cause of the failure has already been identified, and experts are now working to fix it. According to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, it is not related to security problems or a cyber attack.
«CrowdStrike is actively working with customers affected by the defect found in the Windows update. This is not a security incident or cyber attack. The problem has been identified, isolated, and measures are being taken to eliminate it,” TASS cites a message from CrowdStrike’s CEO on the social network X. Kurtz added that the CrowdStrike team is fully mobilized “to ensure the security and stability of the clients’ IT infrastructure.”
The outage affected major US airlines, including American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines, which had to cancel flights. Customers of the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines are having problems booking tickets and checking in passengers. There were disruptions to the IT infrastructure at the airports of Berlin, Melbourne and Gatwick in the UK, as well as the London Stock Exchange, Lloyds Bank and payment systems Visa and Mastercard.