Nationwide IT disruption in the Netherlands
Since this morning, public offices across the Netherlands have been affected by an IT outage. The cause is said to lie in the Ministry of Defense.
The outage brings back memories of the crowdstrike problems a few weeks ago.
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In the Netherlands, several authorities and Eindhoven Airport have been affected by a nationwide IT disruption. According to media reports, the cause is said to be the Ministry of Defense. There is a "disruption in the defense network" – all systems based on it have failed.
Since the morning, there have been increasing reports that public services have been affected. The coastguard, for example, announced that telephone and radio connections had been interrupted. Emergency services, town halls, ministries, the border guard and the Ministry of Defense were apparently also affected. The telecommunications provider KPN also had technical problems – but these were not related to the other nationwide IT problems. However, the government's National Cyber Security Center stated that there were no indications of a cyberattack.
A number of flights were canceled at Eindhoven Airport. Here too, it is still unclear whether there really is a connection to the disruption at the Ministry of Defense. Some passengers were taken to other airports. No flights were possible until at least 5 pm. The airport in Amsterdam does not appear to be affected by the disruption. The same applies to the hospitals –, where operations are also running normally.
(mki)