Latest Crowdstrike Update Causes Blue Screen Of Death On Microsoft Windows, Multiple Users Affected
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Latest Crowdstrike Update Issue: The issue seems widespread, affecting machines running various CrowdStrike sensor versions. CrowdStrike has acknowledged the problem and is currently investigating the cause., Technology & Science News - Times Now

This isn’t a gloat post. In fact, I was completely oblivious to this massive outage until I tried to check my bank balance and it wouldn’t log in.

Apparently Visa Paywave, banks, some TV networks, EFTPOS, etc. have gone down. Flights have had to be cancelled as some airlines systems have also gone down. Gas stations and public transport systems inoperable. As well as numerous Windows systems and Microsoft services affected. (At least according to one of my local MSMs.)

Seems insane to me that one company’s messed up update could cause so much global disruption and so many systems gone down :/ This is exactly why centralisation of services and large corporations gobbling up smaller companies and becoming behemoth services is so dangerous.

  • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s proving that POSIX architecture is necessary even if it requires additional computer literacy on the part of users and admins.

    The risk of hacking (which is what Crowdstrike essentially does to get so deeply embedded and be so effective at endpoint protection) a monolithic system like Windows OS is if you screw up the whole thing comes tumbling down.

      • digdilem@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s an old alert. We run CS on Linux as well and have not encountered this issue in the two years we’ve had it going.

          • digdilem@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            2 months ago

            This specific issue was triggered today by a microsoft update - that’s something else.

            Agree it may be indicative of poor quality software control, but it’s not this.

            • NaN@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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              2 months ago

              This specific issue is different than the other specific issue, correct.

              The point is, “this could only happen on windows” is wrong.

    • Simmy@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      I’ve heard not all Windows versions are effect by Crowdstrike depending if it was recently updated or not. It’s not clear which versions are effected. One other thing I thought Windows has a micro Kernel, and Linux is monolithic.