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Global cyber outage crashes IT systems of Paris Olympics

Last updated on: July 19, 2024 16:38 IST

Paris 2024 says impact of global cyber outage limited, ticketing unaffected

The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to start on July 26

IMAGE: The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to be held on July 26. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

The Paris Olympics organising committee said on Friday the impact of a global cyber outage on its operations was limited and ticket sales were unaffected ahead of the Games which begin in a week.

 

"We have activated contingency plans in order to continue operations," the organising committee said in a statement.

The global tech outage that appeared to be related to issues at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft was affecting operations in many sectors on Friday including airports, airlines, media and banks.

"At this point, the impacts are limited and concern in particular the delivery of uniforms and accreditations," the Paris 2024 organising committee said.

"Paris 2024's ticketing systems have been unaffected. The operations around the preparation of venues is continuing normally, and work schedules are not at risk. The torch relay is continuing along its route as normal."

At the Games' press centre, the accreditation desk was closed, a Reuters reporter said.

Source: REUTERS
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