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- 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

8.5M Windows Devices Affected by CrowdStrike Outage, Says Microsoft

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- CrowdStrike president Michael Sentonas accepted the 'Most Epic Fail' award at Def Con 2024, following a global IT meltdown caused by a software update.
- The award ceremony took place right after the Black Hat conference, where CrowdStrike had a significant presence, distributing free T-shirts and action figures.
- Sentonas' acceptance speech, shared online, was met with enthusiasm and appreciation from the audience for acknowledging the company's mistakes.
- The award was a last-minute addition, with organizers noting that CrowdStrike was an obvious choice for the 'Most Epic Fail' category.
- Sentonas emphasized the importance of owning up to mistakes and stated that the trophy would be displayed at CrowdStrike HQ as a reminder to prevent future errors. 

 Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/11/crowdstrike-accepts-award-for-most-epic-fail-after-global-it-outage/)

CrowdStrike Accepts 'Most Epic Fail' Award After 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

Global Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Software Update

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I recently started a new job. I would like to share some of the experiences I have had with my manager. I am wondering if these are red flags or if I am maybe being paranoid or thinking too much.

It was quite difficult for me to get into this company and this job. The company is quite great and I was quite excited but some of the experiences I have had with my immediate manager have made me a bit apprehensive.
I would like to share them and hear opinions about it.

Here are some things which have happened which I have not liked so far - 

1. I speak to a Senior Engineer one day and next day my manager asks me if anyone asked me to speak to him. 
2. I shared an insight about a new tool which we can use on a deployment pipeline on the overall pod (under my skip manager). My manager immediately called me and started asking my status update and replied 'Discussing 1-1' in the group to prevent anyone getting visibility of the idea. 
3. My manager pings me whenever I go offline and recently he asked me in a passive aggressive way, 'Please monitor your Teams status. It was away for most of today.' I now feel kind of paranoid to never get up as I feel my Teams status is being monitored.

Is my manager too much of a micromanaging red flag ? I started a new job and my manager monitors my Teams online status.

Microsoft

TLDR 
1. Satya did tv interviews and was fine if Altman goes back to OpenAI

2. Salesforce’s Marc Benioff wrote a tweet saying he’ll match compensation of any OpenAI team member who wants to join Salesforce 

3. Of some 750+ employees, 700 will move to Microsoft (with Sam) in case Sam doesn’t return. That’s insane. 

4. Vinod Khosla an early investor in OpenAi tweeted that all the openai employees should quit in case their board members don’t resign 

5. Interim ceo of openai  Emmett Shear (formerly of Twitch)  called for emergency all hands on Sunday and apparently no one turned up

Altman saga continues

Keeping all the issues aside, just look at the scenario right now. The whole world suffered a lot because one company made a small error in the code. I am just amazed to see the wide network of Microsoft. In the back of your mind, you always know that it's a big company but the way it brought down the world to it's knees today was classic.
Bill gates built something larger that his life.

Salute to Microsoft

All laptops in my team are down. Apparently it's a global issue with Microsoft laptops - others also facing the same?

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- 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

Windows outage is affecting everything :/

Microsoft and Satya Nadella supremacy 🙌

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https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/

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Very nice infosec practices lmao. OP removed post because of legal notice from dotpe.

https://x.com/deedydas/status/1838137082683728323?t=PR7Wtk69wk665eBA7jKWyg&s=19

https://x.com/prstb/status/1838179660959465596?t=H8Be_0RMfd7DSohzdeX1Tg&s=19

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Hello Grapeviners

So I guess I hit the mid-life career crisis and finally resigned from Microsoft abruptly yesterday. 

Reasons for resignation:
1. I am saturated with my work and feel out of fuel now.
2. No Pay Raise or Stocks since 2 years.
3. No Promo in last 2 years even after being a top performer and winning multiple awards and accolades.
4. Was promised by my manager that I will be promoted in Feb but now he/she quotes budget.

What my manager says:
1. You have a valid L1B, don't resign.
2. Says you will get the promo in September but now it is not possible.

Please Note: I resigned abruptly without any offers in hand. I guess managers think that folks who have L1B won't resign so their promo can be delayed.

Just wanted to share with the the community. Thanks 🙏

Resigned from Microsoft

Product Manager

This will help the people to get the list of good companies with compensations, WLB.

Based on your response I will Inmail the recruiters.

I will start
- Microsoft (I am already working)
- Atlassian
- Google

PS: @BiriyaniEnthu Please don't comment with a question.

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