July 19, 2024
A bad software update from CrowdStrike prompted blue screen errors to Windows computers which crippled airports, banks, and markets around the world.
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Unlike the Y2K scare (that hasn't come to fruition), it isn't a bug but a glitched update that caused the crash.
CrowrdStrike rolled out a bad software update which prompted Windows computers to crash and restart in an endless loop. As a result, the glitched update has caused a global outage disrupting banks, flights, markets, and other services running Windows machines. CrowdStrike has made a statement addressing the issue identifying the error as not a cyber security incident but related to the Falcon Sensor and posted their workaround.
The outage has been estimated to affect millions of computers resulting to perhaps billions of people around the world. Mac and Linux systems are unaffected.I'm glad I got paid today when my bank has also posted a service disruption.