Now Global IT outage threatens to hit our paycheques!
The global IT meltdown has threatened to affect people’s paycheques due to employers and banks relying on CrowdStrike.
The Texas-based company admitted responsibility for the outage which has seen GP appointments halted, flights cancelled or delayed and online chaos created for banking programs.
The Global Payroll Association (GPA) warned yesterday that millions of workers around the world ‘risk going without their wages’ due to the worldwide outage.
It remains unclear how widespread the payroll disruption is, but Melanie Pizzey, the founder and CEO of GPA, said her company had received complaints from a number of clients who couldn’t access their payroll software because of the issue.
Payroll systems typically need to be notified of any issues that would stop direct deposits from going through at least two days before the payday for the issue to be resolved in time.
The global IT meltdown has threatened to affect people’s paycheques due to employers and banks relying on CrowdStrike (Stock photo)
The outage first started with Microsoft, leading many people to believe that the company’s systems were at fault (Stock photo)
‘Depending on the length of this outage, it could have very serious implications for businesses across the nation, particularly those who process payroll on a weekly basis,’ Pizzey said.
‘Furthermore, we could see a backlog with regard to processing payrolls for the coming month end which may delay employees from receiving their monthly wage.’
George Kurtz, the CEO of the software company whose bug caused the issues, said it could be weeks before systems are back up and running.
Meanwhile, issues with Visa and Zelle are not allowing people to make or receive payments, and there’s no estimated timeframe for when they’ll be back up and running.
The outage first started with Microsoft, leading many people to believe that the company’s systems were at fault, but within hours, Crowdstrike admitted that an update to its ‘Falcon Sensor,’ which searches for viruses and malicious attacks was to blame.
