Sanctioned Russia emerges unscathed in global IT outage

Passengers wait at the Benito Juarez International Airport due to a worldwide tech outage that caused flight delays, in Mexico City, Mexico July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian officials boasted on Friday that Moscow was spared the impact of the global IT systems outage because of its increased self-sufficiency after years of Western sanctions, though some experts said Russian systems could still be vulnerable.

Microsoft and other IT firms have suspended sales of new products in Russia and have been scaling down their operations in line with sanctions imposed over Russia's war in Ukraine, which Moscow describes as a special military operation.