Dutch Defense Ministry IT Outage Disrupts Nationwide Services

Eindhoven Airport grounds flights; emergency systems and coast guard communication affected

Flights at Eindhoven Airport were grounded, with over 20 cancellations and several diversions.
The outage impacted the Dutch coast guard, police, and other government services.
Emergency services experienced disruptions, but national emergency numbers remained operational.
Authorities found a suspected cause but ruled out malicious activity.
Telecom services also faced issues, though connections to the defense ministry outage remain unclear.