Global services slowly recovering after bug causes IT chaos

COLOMBO (News 1st): Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems for hours yesterday.

Businesses, banks, hospitals, and airlines were among the worst-hit after cyber-security firm Crowdstrike issued a faulty software update which affected Microsoft Windows.

After CrowdStrike admitted that a bug in its update was to blame, Crowdstrike's CEO apologised for the disruption and said a fix had been issued, but also admitted it could be "some time" before all systems were back up and running.

Several Sri Lankan companies including SriLankan Airlines were also affected by this.

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) says that a report has been requested from 40 government institutions to find out the extent that Sri Lanka has been affected by this sudden IT collapse.

While some airline services around the world are beginning to return to normal after thousands of flights were canceled, operators expect some delays and cancellations to persist through the weekend.

Many businesses are now dealing with backlogs and missed orders that could take days to resolve.

The global chaos has sparked concern over the vulnerability of the world's interconnected technologies, and the extent to which a single software glitch could have such widespread impact.