Stack Diary 7/19/2024

CrowdStrike bug causes global IT services outage; fix deployed

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A faulty update to CrowdStrike's Falcon cybersecurity software triggered a global IT outage, causing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and boot loops on Windows machines. This disrupted critical services worldwide, affecting airlines, banks, hospitals, and media companies. CrowdStrike has identified the issue, deployed a fix, and provided a manual workaround, confirming it was not a security attack.

CrowdStrike bug causes global IT services outage; fix deployed

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