Global IT outage affecting Microsoft after issue with CrowdStrike software update

A global IT outage is crippling Microsoft computer systems around the world. It all stemmed from a system update by the tech company CrowdStrike, and disrupted air travel, hospitals, and many other businesses.
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[topdogrlg]

The dude that deployed was like "It worked locally I swear"

[jeshkam]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

[DRventura]

As layman with no technical background, one would presume with any new "update" one would use it in a phased and with some test live systems before it is massly distributed. Would this not be possible with whatever this update was? Major systems seem to have been affected, critical systems like 911, medical databases, people's online bank account, airline ticketing system, people's home systems, etc, . This is very dangerous as who knows what else might be affected and further ramifications. There are already too many data breaches causing many Americans major financial issues/losses. Do Americans now need to be worried about IT companies causing issues with regular system updates?

[laerau]

This is why it's not a good idea to do automatic updates. Wait to see how stable they are before downloading

[LaceratedDJ]

"cheekily called" girl the BSoD has been around before you were born....if its not BSoD its not Windows baby

[ebdhudnav]

Back in 2014, i recall telling everyone to always look into old technology as a backup to new technology and people called me crazy..

[Reddy]

“Their morals, their code; it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. You'll see- I'll show you. When the chips are down these, uh, civilized people? They'll eat each other alive. See I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve.”

“Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan'. Even if 'the plan' is horrifying!”

“Madness, as you know. It's like Gravity. All it takes is a little push.”

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight movie (2008)

[edwelndiobel]

This is a lesson in having "all your eggs in one basket". Having so much on one system isnt the best idea is it?

[joewil-js]

Really curious 'who' deploy this

[AmyRiegler]

You know that after this Crowdstrike will never let this happen again.

[tumucharan]

one incident revealed how dependent the world is on MS, hope people start exploring options with Linux now

[jaysonj]

Imagine the carnage if CrowdStrike was the U.S. Secret Service's I.T. services provider.

[boyasia]

The consolation is it's not due to the Sun, Moon effect on Earth nor our planet's radio waves.
Hope it will be fixed asap.

[Fuzzycraft.f]

So what happend is that a driver (i think it speld right) script had a miss speld line of code (a driver is a Windows operating File that runs functions in your computer you can see THE driver some typer of taskmaneger) probably from an Windows update and that did your Windows system to couse a blue screen for dose who dont know what a blue screen is it is when your Windows system detects a issue/problem in your computer that couse a blue screen

[Pequin]

It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th

[findy]

They took the Blue Screen of Death to a whole new level

[ChrisWibbeler]

It’s just a routine cyber update, be patient nothing can go wrong, nothing can go wrong, nothing can go

[leeanucha]

hope businesses learn from
this and stop relying on windows

[AmeltonGsairus]

I would happy to say I have Macos, which is not effected, but I wish it would be as good and as stable as Windows. Now it is behind the AI implementation...

[lmvcnn]

Ms operting system do * force updating to your laptop " as well as *force upload private files to cloud".
Ms office word demmand payment from anyone who just want edit & update their resume.
No thanks. We can live happyly without you.