Airlines, banks, and the London Stock Exchange are experiencing disruptions linked to massive Microsoft outage

A mass IT outage is affecting flights, banks, and supermarkets around the world. American, United, and Delta have grounded all their flights.

• A mass IT outage is affecting flights, banks, and supermarkets around the world.
• American, United, and Delta have grounded all their flights.
• The London Stock Exchange also experienced disruptions.

Major airlines, banks, and supermarkets are experiencing widespread disruptions linked to an IT outage after Microsoft reported problems with its online services.

American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines issued ground stops for their aircrafts due to communication issues, Reuters reported.

Earlier on Thursday night, Frontier Airlines issued a similar ground stop order, saying in a statement: "flight operations are currently being impacted by a major Microsoft technical outage."

The London Stock Exchange Group's Workspace news and data platform was impacted too, affecting user access worldwide.

Microsoft acknowledged the issue in an X update on Friday morning, writing, "Our services are still seeing continuous improvements while we continue to take mitigation actions."

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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