Massive Global Tech Outage: CrowdStrike Update Slams Banks, Airlines And More
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Microsoft blamed the issue on an errant update pushed by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike to businesses using Windows machines.
  • A global Microsoft Windows outage, caused by a CrowdStrike software update, has disrupted airlines, banking services, and 911 lines, leading to grounded flights and long queues.
  • The issue resulted in many systems experiencing the “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD), affecting major carriers and airports worldwide, and also impacted the London Stock Exchange and Australian banking systems.
  • CrowdStrike has identified and isolated the defect, deploying a fix, but recovery is expected to be slow due to the need for manual intervention on affected devices.
  • Ok_imagination@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    If they’re as slow to roll out the updates to CS as they are the rest of the updates we’ll be a year behind on CS updates haha.

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      Been awhile since we’ve POCed Crowdstrike, but I don’t think you can set the cadence on updates for Crowdstrike. I believe Crowdstrike enforces auto-updates, it was at least the default setting.