Banks, airlines, hospitals, media channels, and software providers are amongst those currently being impacted by a major IT outage, which is also leading to disruption in some logistics systems today.

Several international airports have grounded all flights, and some airlines have currently stopped flying altogether due to the issue. There are also reports of issues at some sea ports and for logistics cloud services.

The outage is understood to be linked to a cyber security update, and is largely affecting cloud services. Microsoft are reported to have said it is  taking “mitigation actions”.

Without any indication of when this will be remedied, some services could be disrupted today and perhaps beyond. The Westbound team will notify any customers that may have been affected by the issue as soon as more information comes to light.

If you have any questions regarding the above, then Westbound are here to help. So, please do not hesitate to contact us.