Global outage: ‘Blue screens of death’ at Times Square in NYC

A global IT outage at Microsoft on Friday led to a major global disruption, causing the “blue screen of death” errors for users across Europe and in New York’s Times Square.

The incident, triggered by a recent update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, has affected various critical sectors including airports, airlines, businesses, media outlets, and stock exchanges.

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[heavymetalrox]

I am a Cyber Security professional, this was a complete f**k up on Crowdstrike's end. They rolled out the update without sufficient testing and all at once instead of rolling it out in phases to prevent a big mess like this.

[blocklandstudiosentertainm]

Previously NYC faces a power blackout which the whole city goes dark and now "IT Blackout" where the lights still on but no connection

[litchi]

After Boeing now comes Crowdstrike. The best of American quality

[IngenieroMan]

You know someone's getting fired when most screens have a blue screen with the exact same error displayed

[MegaBlueBomber]

Crazy how many machines still use Windows

[oseidwomoh]

These little town blues. Aren't melting away. 🎵

[GarNomadT]

imagine they made a bill board in a dark area so that they don't know its actualy size and use it to confuse other people DAS GON BE SICK

[Tomatech]

...no one thought to turn off the screens?

[rafhaellowixhomwad]

Those screens that aren't affected are using either macOS or Linux.

[der]

Can anybody tell me what playing on the screen at 0:50? Looks like an interracial couple kissing? Is that a movie, tv show? ❤❤