Oh no! A giant computer breakdown causes chaos worldwide!

undefined 19 juillet 2024 undefined 14h38

The Editor

Oh no! A computer breakdown has caused chaos around the world since Friday morning, July 19th. It seems that the culprit is an update of the antivirus software CrowdStrike, messing up Microsoft Windows services. Businesses, websites, and even airlines are feeling the brunt of this disruption.


Oh, the chaos in the skies!

This glitch is affecting all Windows computers, causing major headaches for air traffic. Planes are unable to take off, with Berlin experiencing interruptions until 10am this morning. Airlines in the US had grounded planes, while connections in France were affected. Over in Zurich, Switzerland,...

No planes could land except for those already in the air, until this afternoon.


TV channels forced to alter their programming

The airline industry is not the only one being particularly affected. France Info has indicated disruptions to the schedules of TF1 and Canal +: "At TF1, we are facing a huge computer failure that prevents us from offering the exact same program as usual," said Christophe Beaugrand, a channel presenter. The Paris Olympic Games organizing committee also stated that this outage is affecting "

CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We…

— George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) July 19, 2024