Microsoft's incident is not related to cyber attack

The global IT incident that affected a series of media companies, banks and telecommunications companies around the world on July 19 was not handled in the way one would respond to a cyber attack, according to British government security sources.

A passenger in India boarded a plane with a handwritten pass due to a Microsoft incident. Photo: X

The unnamed source said security experts were not treating the incident as a cyber-attack. Meanwhile, France's national cyber-security agency, ANSSI, said there was no evidence that the incident was the result of a cyber-attack. ANSSI said several teams of experts had been mobilized to determine the cause of the incident and support affected agencies and organizations in France.

Earlier, the Microsoft cloud service on July 19 had a problem that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled, while banking, media and other companies around the world were also forced to temporarily suspend operations. Microsoft's cloud service unit, Azure, announced that it was aware of the problem related to virtual machines running Windows and CrowdStrike operating systems . Currently, virtual machines are in a reboot state and Azure said it is considering possible solutions to minimize the impact.

According to Downdetector.com - a website specializing in reporting internet service failures, there have been reports of increased disruptions to services at Visa - a US multinational financial services corporation, security services provided by the US company ADT and online retail services Amazon as well as a series of airlines around the world. In the US, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the country's airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines, along with Delta and Allegiant have all had to temporarily suspend flights.

Airlines, rail and TV stations in the UK were disrupted by a computer problem. Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport said the problem had also had a major impact on flights to and from what is considered one of Europe's busiest.

In Germany, Berlin airport informed passengers of technical problems that delayed and lengthened check-in procedures. Meanwhile, in Australia, airlines, telecommunications providers, banks and television stations were disrupted by the loss of access to computer systems…

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