On Thursday (July 18) at night, Microsoft's computer systems suffered a serious failure. The problems, caused by CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor antivirus update, caused disruptions at airports and train stations, among other things. Their effects are still being felt in many countries around the world. Hospitals and banks are also struggling with the problems in many countries. The latter was addressed by Poland Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF).
Global system failure. What about Polish banking? KNF reassures: Marginal nature
Jacek Barszczewski from offices The KNF Office's communication department provided the portal Money.plthat the issue of the global failure and its potential effects is being monitored and analyzed on an ongoing basis. Reports on temporary problems with the availability of banking services in Poland are sent to the Office on an ongoing basis. – They are currently of a marginal nature, and some of them are not directly related to the failure of Microsoft systems – emphasized Barczewski. In an interview with the portal, Dr. Przemysław Barbrich from the Polish Bank Association also reassured. – The global failure of Windows systems does not affect the operation of banks in Poland. We are conducting increased monitoring in the banking sector. The situation is under control – he announced.
The largest Polish banks assure that “the situation is stable”
TVN24 sent an inquiry about possible difficulties related to the failure to the largest banks in Poland. From the information obtained by the editorial office information it turns out that most of them did not report any problems. “The situation is stable and security experts are constantly monitoring the situation,” PKO BP reported. Pekao announced, however, that “there are no problems with the availability of services for customers”. mBank, ING Bank Śląski and Santander also reported that the systems were working properly. Millennium Bank he did say, however, that he does not use the software affected by the failure.