The massive outages at CrowdStrike and Microsoft have made for a crazy day for everyone who uses computers and the Internet Airlines around the world are having problems, making it a bad day to fly Now, contactless digital payment systems like Apple Pay are also experiencing problems, reportedly preventing shoppers from paying for their purchases

While this problem has not affected Apple's system, it has spread to Apple users through the Apple Pay issue In some places, Apple Pay cannot be used because the processing system relies on Windows

However, there is no guarantee that if you go shopping today, you will not be able to use Apple Pay or contactless payments X is littered with user reports of supermarkets around the world not being able to process this type of payment Still, the problem does not appear to be widespread enough to be a problem across the board

If you plan to shop for groceries or other purchases on the street, it wouldn't hurt to bring cash in case cards or digital payments don't work We have not heard direct reports of Google Pay or other digital wallets not working, but if it is the processing system that is causing the problem and not Apple Pay, expect to see the same problems with them

There is currently no end in sight to the problems with CrowdStike and Windows, but the company states that “the problem has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been put in place” It is not yet known how long it will take for that fix to bring everything back online

Regarding the downtime, the company said, “This is not a security incident or cyber attack Instead, a software update by a security firm caused this disruption While this is encouraging in the long run, it is no more pleasant for the individuals and companies dealing with this situation

“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers affected by the flaw found in the single content update for Windows hosts Mac and Linux hosts are not affected”