Windows 10 users around the world are being met with a "blue screen of death" after a massive Microsoft outage.

The global software issue, which is reportedly linked to the U.S. cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, has forced many banks, airlines and broadcasters to go offline, and caused many Windows computers to crash suddenly.

Amid the outage, social media users are sharing photos of their screens stuck on the recovery page with the message on the screen reading: "It looks like Windows didn't load correctly. If you'd like to restart and try again, choose Restart my PC below."

In a post on its website, CrowdStrike said: "CrowdStrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows related to the Falcon Sensor."

"Symptoms include hosts experiencing a bugcheckblue screen error related to the Falcon Sensor. Our Engineering teams are actively working to resolve this issue and there is no need to open a support ticket," the company added.

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