CrowdStrike blip...Global IT outage

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Bayleaf · #1 Post by **Bayleaf** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 7:45 pm

That was a big OOPS then! Aptly named, causing global chaos ..... But it was nice not to see any vapour trails in the sky today!

DaveW · #2 Post by **DaveW** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 7:54 pm

The trails will reappear quickly.

Microsoft must be a bit pissed off. They got all the early blame but it really had little to do with them.

There is a lesson to be learned in there somewhere.

Hotrodder · #3 Post by **Hotrodder** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:02 pm

Yes.
That even Linux users aren't safe.

DaveW · #4 Post by **DaveW** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:25 pm

Doesn’t matter which operating system you use if you let a third party install boot level stuff then be prepared for the worst.

niemeyjt · #5 Post by **niemeyjt** » Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:53 pm

To be fair, the way Unix-based systems (including Macs) load drivers is different from Windows.

But "blame Microsoft" is the easiest for news reporters - and it is often correct

Bayleaf · #6 Post by **Bayleaf** » Sat Jul 20, 2024 8:16 am

I saw one piece in the live reporting about using that old favourite "have you tried turning it off and on again"! Apparently rebooting 15 (yes, that's fifteen!) times could clear the bug!

It does indeed clearly show - from the IT's new "goldenboy" company, that it has the whole world in it's hands.....

Seems chillingly accurate!

Bayleaf · #7 Post by **Bayleaf** » Sat Jul 20, 2024 8:27 am

Airline traffic USA - before and after the "blip":

airline traffic USA.jpg

24hr respite for nature!

Hotrodder · #8 Post by **Hotrodder** » Sat Jul 20, 2024 9:47 am

And dare I say it..............the climate.

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