Thousands of companies were unable to operate yesterday due to a Windows-based problem. Microsoft and CrowdStrike CEOs made a statement on the matter made.
Yesterday, thousands of companies in Turkey and many other countries were unable to operate because there was a serious problem with Windows operating system PCs. Many computers blue screen (Blue Screen of Death / BSOD) gave, Some computers went into a reboot loop. In fact, behind the situation CrowdStrike There was an update made to the security software that broke Windows. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a statement on this issue, “Yesterday, CrowdStrike released an update that impacted all global IT systems. We worked closely with CrowdStrike and the entire IT industry to provide technical guidance and support to customers to safely bring their systems back online.” said. George Kurtz, the head of CrowdStrike at the center of the incident, apologized for what happened, “We will be fully transparent about how this issue occurred and the steps we are taking to prevent it from happening again. We are currently working on a technical update and issue analysis report that we will share with everyone.” saidElon Musk, who often makes fun of the situations experienced on X, “We have deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems” He made a statement. It is also known that there are other companies that do this.
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Turkish Airlines, which was affected by the situation, made a statement yesterday and stated the following: “Dear Passengers, Due to a global technical problem in information systems, there are problems with ticketing, check-in and reservation processes. Our teams are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. You can follow our @TK_HelpDesk account on X for current developments. Thank you for your understanding and sensitivity on the subject. Best regards.” THY announced today that operations have completely returned to normal.
Denizbank’s statement on the matter was as follows: “Dear Customers, Due to the technical disruption experienced by the global software system we use worldwide, there are interruptions affecting many institutions in our country. Our bank is working to resolve this disruption and to reopen all our channels as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.”
BTK states the following: had conveyed: “As a result of the investigation into the global outage that occurred in devices using the Windows operating system, it was determined that the disruption was not caused by a cyber attack. While it was determined that the outage in question occurred in institutions and organizations using the CrowdStrike product, solution suggestions were shared with all our SOMEs via the SİP platform. We continue to work 24/7 with our domestic and national products to protect the cyber borders of our country.”
Microsoft, which made a new statement on the subject, “cyber attack” He stated that they were not facing any problems. Due to the huge problems experienced, the shares of both Microsoft and CrowdStrike crashed.