Microsoft Azure global outage impacts some payment gateways worldwide, affecting the eCommerce sector

Microsoft Azure faced a global outage today, affecting several applications including Microsoft Office 365 and other services. This disruption impacted airline operations, stock market activities, media broadcasts, and payment gateways across time zones on July 19, 2024.

Since the outage disrupted some payment gateways, hindering the operations of several eCommerce websites and applications. Reports indicate that the issue may stem from an outage at the American cybersecurity company Crowdstrike.

“We’re continuing to progress on our mitigation efforts for the affected Microsoft 365 apps and services. We still expect users to see remediation as we address residual impact”, a Microsoft statement said a short while ago.