Breaking down CrowdStrike's Microsoft outage

Cyber security expert Josh Corman explains what CrowdStrike is and what the technical outrage means for those reliant on a single software system.

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[frankm]

Nothing to see here. CrowdStrike is conducting another round of global production testing.

[albundy]

Putting out broken updates is the norm in the gaming industry. This isn’t the gaming industry and this shouldn’t happen.

[TamaraBeinlich]

I remember when the system went down in 2007 because I got stuck at Denver airport for 8 hours waiting to get to Vegas.

[Noderwhy]

For all the people who say this is what happens.
Really?
Seems pretty significant to me, and at a global level?
No, this isnt something that just happens.
No matter the reason.
It is good to acknowledge our moments of weakness.
Its how we keep stuff in order.
Do not normalize poor quality control.

[drgonkid]

"oopsie we made a poopsie"

Prepare to get investigated dude

[MJ-fjyv]

So Crowd Strike perfecting its measures at Microsoft’s expense. However, would we be better off with the alternative? Likely not.

[DigitalPlayhouseBFG]

The hammer next to the shield is not Mjolnir. It's CrowdStrike!

[trevorsutherland]

Moscow airport running just fine....LOL."

[js]

when your greatest offensive weapon in computers becomes your liability

[noneshere]

Microsoft has Always been horrible because everyone is on the same file stack.
That's why 1 virus is able to attack everyone with that same file stack.
This is why I use different Linux distributions.
Their file stacks are all different and 1 virus can't attack the various distributions.
1 wrong directional move with a virus and it doesn't work.

[AlexR_]

No information is shared in this video.

[khoa]

quotes stan lee and have cap's shield in the background
this issue is giving IT people time to shine!

[herjitpannu]

I had that error message for over 3 months. Last week I had sent it to Assurion for repair. Nothing worked to repair that.

[attinavan]

Why isn't this being released by the Whitehouse> Where's Biden?

[dj-flights]

This did not explain what CrowdStrike is and what the problem is.

[Bonjour-World]

"The only way to fix 'Windows Update' is to get rid of Microsoft Windows" !!!

[igoldenknight]

I just watched Leave the World Behind too

[tronconesgym]

Dude fails to describe Crowdstrike as a provider of software security for X, Y, Z clients - such as specific airlines and other large companies. Instead he speaks of the trees and not the forest like a typical engineering geek. Terrible job.

[NO_CLASS_BEATS]

Crowdstrike, how appropriate...what's in a name ?

[paulsingh]

Someone is using AI to write their code lol