Posted on Jul 20, 2024
Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and...
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A faulty software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike—used by over half of Fortune 500 companies—caused a worldwide outage yesterday, disrupting airlines, government services, hospital systems, and other businesses. A defect in the update crashed Microsoft's Windows, triggering its infamous "blue screen of death" for users relying on the operating system.
Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and...
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
We got notification that all people deployed to disasters around the country who were supposed to out-process and depart yesterday would be delayed a day due to cancelled flights and other issues.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col Charlie Brown - Not Surprised, Thus Far the Only thing I've seen is that It Knocked Out the Self Chekout at Price Chopper Grocery Store.
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CPL Douglas Chrysler
They want me to pay that way but I use the Post Office and always have. Too many Veterans work there and I won't desert them.
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And my wife wonders why I cringe every time we get a computer is updating message.
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