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 For first five minutes I thought there is some strike going on in European airports

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Okay hear me out, the kernel panic happened because of a channel update. For those who don't know channel updates consist of updating files not the code itself. So the BSOD happened because of a new file update and not the code. Although it's true that they didn't handle the null check. But what if some hackers deliberately replaced the affected file with a faulty one where code tried to access it at a memory location that doesn't exist.
Because it seems too far fetched to me to believe that they didn't do proper testing as even crowdstrike is aware of the importance of such updates. What if they decided to let people assume that it was a stupid null check error and not they getting hacked? As that would have been really bad for a cybersecurity company.
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Was crowdstrike hacked???

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- 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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One guy brought down entire world on Brink. Flights on Ground, Banking to NoBanking, Hospitals not operational.

My question to #Crowdstrike: Do you guys perform testing also on PROD environments. Don't you have any Staging/UAT/BETA env. #crowdstrikefalcon you can connect with me to setup your prod - 1 infrastructure to avoid any such chaos in future. #Crowdstrikeoutage

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Where can we download the CrowdStrike sys file that's causing the crash

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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

CrowdStrike: Microsoft's Security culture requires an overhaul. 😂

Cloud architect

It's a decent win. And, the best thing about startups is they listen and are real quick! 

(Goyal did lose the plot though when he had to endlessly keep explaining in his thread yesterday when things started snowballing)

Full tweet here: https://twitter.com/deepigoyal/status/1770282482178600998?t=YW2OL7ZaCGNQhBQ5H2YcmQ&s=19

Some sense prevailing finally.

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Windows PC crashing all over. Meanwhile linux users: 😎

Windows PC crashed

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Almost everyone is fighting, b*mb*ng & doing precision strike on someone?

WW3 already started?

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- CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm, issued a $10 Uber Eats gift card to partners as an apology for a recent outage caused by a faulty update.
- The July 19 incident rendered around 8.5 million Windows devices unusable, leading to significant disruptions worldwide, including delays at airports and halted surgeries in hospitals.
- Some recipients reported that the gift card was canceled when they tried to redeem it, with Uber flagging it as fraud due to high usage rates.
- CrowdStrike's CEO and Chief Security Officer publicly apologized, emphasizing their commitment to transparency and preventing future incidents.
- The company continues to investigate the cause of the outage and has been providing regular updates on their progress. 

 Source: Techcrunch

CrowdStrike Apologizes for Outage with $10 Gift Card

No alerts, no plan of action, no major statements in the media. Am I missing something or is this just plain, terrible governance.

Crazy how Karnataka Government hasn't addressed the bomb threat

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What is causing the outage ? ELI5

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Crowd management is clearly weak point of Indians, we will organise them 🤦

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

Stuck on an endless restart loop for the last 30 minutes

Analyst

I'm a person, who just generally hates crowd I feel claustrophobic around a lot of people, just heard that 4 students died in Kerala's CUSAT(some fest of sorts) due to stampede.
I just don't understand why stuff like these happen.
Bad management? Population? Lunatic Crowd? what is it...

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