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submitted 3 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A global Microsoft Windows outage, caused by a CrowdStrike software update, has disrupted airlines, banking services, and 911 lines, leading to grounded flights and long queues.
The issue resulted in many systems experiencing the “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD), affecting major carriers and airports worldwide, and also impacted the London Stock Exchange and Australian banking systems.
CrowdStrike has identified and isolated the defect, deploying a fix, but recovery is expected to be slow due to the need for manual intervention on affected devices.

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is crowd strike and is it a Microsoft product?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

CrowdStrike is a popular third-party suite of security software that has forced OTA updates. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/tech/crowdstrike-update-global-outage-explainer/index.html It’s not a Microsoft product.