This morning, a global drop of Azurethe cloud services platform of Microsofthas caused a cascade of operating problems on computers in governments, banks, airlines, media outlets and other companies around the worldThe error, caused by an update to the cybersecurity platform CrowdStrike According to initial reports, the problem is now in remission, judging by the drop in the number of incidents reported on the DownDetector platform.
In Spain, there have been many cases of companies affected by this decline. Aena has been one of the first to report “alterations in the systems” due to “an incident in the computer system, which is causing long delays at airports when checking inAt eleven o’clock this morning, Aena said it had begun to recover its systems.
The global technical incident is affecting, above all, billing and passenger information points, but some systems are already being set up as a contingency.
We continue to work with all parties involved. https://t.co/timpBulTJi
— Aena (@aena) July 19, 2024
Airlines such as Iberia and Vueling They have also confirmed that they have encountered problems due to the fall of Microsoft, coinciding with the second operation of the summer.
Repsol and other gas stations have also experienced difficulties due to this problem. Unicaja has been one of the banking entities that has seen part of its operations affected. Movistar, Amazon and Google have also reported problems and Mercedes has been forced to stop its production. Bizum has indicated on the social network X that its operations were being impacted.
Osakidetzathe Basque Health Service has also acknowledged being affected. In Madrid, the EMT and the City hall has reported that some municipal services cannot be provided normally. In Catalonia, the Medical Emergency System has asked citizens to only call the Salut Respon telephone number, 061, and the emergency number 112 in case of health emergencies.
Some Spanish ministries have also been impacted by the problems with Microsoft’s cloud platform. In the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy the time clock system and email servers linked to Microsoft have stopped working.