On the night of Friday, July 19, the world plunged into chaos as many airlines, major banks and even the media reported massive IT problems. Estonia did not stand aside either. :format(webp)/nginx/o/2024/07/20/16234238t1h5499.jpg)
Passengers at Madrid airport on July 19. A problem with cybersecurity company CrowdStrike's software update has caused complete chaos in many companies around the world. Photo: Europa Press/ABACA
On the night of Friday, July 19, the world plunged into chaos as many airlines, major banks and even the media reported massive IT problems. Estonia did not stand aside either.
Translation: Sergey Svetlov
The cause of the disaster was Microsoft's operating system, or more precisely, a problem related to the cybersecurity software Crowdstrike, and its global scale surprised even experts.
