MOSCOW, July 19 National Agency for Information Systems Security ( Anssi of France told AFP there was no evidence that the massive outage was the result of a cyber attack.
«Anssi has been informed… of an IT outage affecting many organizations around the world. Teams are fully mobilized to… support the affected organizations in France and, together with interested publishers, are working to understand the cause of this outage. Currently There is currently no evidence that the failure is the result of a cyber attack,” the service said in a message sent to the agency.
On Friday morning, a global failure of Windows-based equipment began around the world, causing damage to telecom operators, banks and airlines. According to the Verge, the cause of the widespread outages lies in a faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike, which disconnects computers and servers from the network, forcing them to go into a recovery cycle, which prevents equipment from starting the system properly.