CrowdStrike Chaos: Global Businesses Crippled by BSOD Bonanza
Thousands of Windows machines are stuck in a Blue Screen of Death loop due to a faulty CrowdStrike update, impacting banks, airlines, and broadcasters globally. It’s a bad day to be an IT admin!
Hot Take:
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…an IT admin in full panic mode! Nothing says “Happy Friday” like a worldwide BSOD outbreak, courtesy of a cybersecurity update gone rogue. Maybe we should start calling it the Blue Screen of Dread instead?
Key Points:
- Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing BSOD issues at boot, affecting various sectors globally.
- Faulty update from CrowdStrike is the culprit.
- Major disruptions include Australian banks, airlines, and European TV broadcasters like Sky News.
- IT admins are scrambling to use workaround steps involving safe mode and file deletion.
- CrowdStrike has reverted the update but it doesn’t fix already impacted machines.
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