Millions of Microsoft Windows users experienced the “Blue Screen of Death” error that caused their computers to shut down or restart.The government has also issued an advisory on the outage of Microsoft Windows owing to the CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’ update
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday clarified that only 10 banks and non-banking finance companies in the country had minor disruptions due to the large-scale outage in Microsoft services
New Delhi: Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said the IT Ministry is continually in touch with tech giant Microsoft to help impacted entities after a massive global outage due to a third-party software update in Windows affected airlines, banks, hospitals and more.
In a fresh post on social media platform X, he informed that Microsoft is actively working with impacted entities.
“In addition, CERT-In is coordinating with CISOs of critical infrastructure entities. All impacted entities are working to bring up their systems. In many cases, systems are partially up,” the Union Minister said.
Millions of Microsoft Windows users experienced the “Blue Screen of Death” error that caused their computers to shut down or restart.
The government has also issued an advisory on the outage of Microsoft Windows owing to the CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’ update.
The CERT-In said it has been reported that Windows hosts related to the cyber-security platform CrowdStrike agent “Falcon Sensor” are facing outages and crashing due to a recent update received in the product. The concerned Windows hosts are experiencing a “Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)” related to Falcon Sensor.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday clarified that only 10 banks and non-banking finance companies in the country had minor disruptions due to the large-scale outage in Microsoft services.
“Critical systems of most banks are not in the cloud and further, only a few banks are using the CrowdStrike tool. Our assessment shows that only 10 banks and NBFCs had minor disruptions which have either been resolved or are being resolved,” the RBI said in a press release.
Overall, the Indian financial sector in the Reserve Bank’s domain remains insulated from the global outage, it added.
Large-scale outage in Microsoft services impacted IT systems globally leading to disruptions in various sectors. The Reserve Bank has made an assessment of the impact of this outage on its regulated entities, it added.
The RBI also said that it has issued an advisory to its regulated entities (banks, NBFCs, housing finance companies etc) to take necessary steps to remain alert and ensure operational resilience and continuity. The collapse of Microsoft services worldwide had led to major global systems outages on an unprecedented scale, disrupting airline operations, stock markets, some media broadcast operations and payment gateways across the globe.
Meanwhile, former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told IANS that he hopes Microsoft will restore its services soon.
“Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Suite are used by millions of Indians. Any disruption on this platform disrupts the business and operations of many companies. The government will work with Microsoft to ensure that services are restored as soon as possible,” he said.