China Largely Unaffected by Global IT Outage

- On Friday morning, a massive outage affected airlines, TV broadcasters, banks, and other essential services worldwide, linked to CrowdStrike software. - The issue caused Windows machines to display the Blue Screen of Death, with systems falling offline due to a faulty content update. - CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz stated the problem isn't a cyberattack and doesn't affect Mac or Linux machines, but fixing it could take days to weeks. - The outage is tied to CrowdStrike's Falcon platform, which combines multiple security solutions into a single hub. - Independent cybersecurity researcher Lukasz Olejnik noted the interconnected nature of software can lead to single points of failure, complicating recovery efforts. Source: The Verge

- Around 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by a recent CrowdStrike outage, according to Microsoft VP David Weston. - This is the first official number released, revealing the global scale of the issue caused by a software update. - The outage affected critical sectors like banks, airlines, and rail networks, despite the relatively low percentage of affected devices. - Weston emphasized the broad economic and societal impacts, noting the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises running critical services. - Microsoft and CrowdStrike are collaborating on a scalable solution to accelerate recovery, involving AWS and Google Cloud. Source: Techcrunch

- Major banks, media, airports and airlines affected by major IT outage - Payment systems impacted in different parts of the world, including Australia and the UK. - Australia's government calls for emergency meeting - Significant disruption to some Microsoft services - 911 services disrupted in several US states including Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Ohio. - Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted - Sky News is off air - Reports the issue relates to problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike

- A massive IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike security update has disrupted companies worldwide, affecting airlines, financial services, and media groups. - Thousands of flights were canceled, hospital operations postponed, and some TV channels went off air, with millions of computers potentially needing fixes. - Services are slowly coming back online, but the unprecedented scale means full recovery could take days, with experts calling it the largest IT outage in history. - Financial services, transport, media, and healthcare sectors have reported significant disruptions, with some companies like JPMorgan and Sky News severely impacted. - CrowdStrike and Microsoft are working on a fix, but the incident highlights the fragility of global IT infrastructure. Source: Financial Times

- Chinese government-backed hackers penetrate major U.S. internet service providers - Attacks described as 'unusually aggressive and sophisticated' by cybersecurity experts - Targets believed to include government and military personnel working undercover - Techniques linked to 'Volt Typhoon' group, previously associated with infrastructure disruption - U.S. officials warn of dramatic escalation in Chinese cyber espionage efforts Source: [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/27/chinese-government-hackers-penetrate-us-internet-providers-spy/)

Seems to have troves of sensitive data and scary at that. Wondering how much of our national cyber infra handling sensitive data is at risk from foreign state actors. https://twitter.com/_avahgar_/status/1759792738177020260

The economy went down? Yes. Did it affect all kinds of companies? Yes Did the banks fire any one? No Did the Railways fire anyone? No Did the media agencies fire anyone? No Did Large Tech companies and IT fire people? Absolutely yes Tech is the most ruthless-stupid sector that is so flimsy and short sighted that it doesn't care jack-shit about employees Tech companies will pay employees large salaries in a heartbeat, they'll hire 1000s of them and then fire 100s of them in a heartbeat destroying careers. Sigh!

Nice to see the openness. Can't imagine how tough it is, to have been derailed by incorrect signals during the bull market. I think they're genuine people who unfortunately could not get it to the right place. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mayank-bidawatka-028b2a1_i-had-promised-updates-and-heres-another-activity-7189226150538240000-MmcI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Just couple of days after Microsoft mass layoffs, ms services down with global outage. Affected services Outlook, Teams and services of O365.