• A global Microsoft Windows outage, caused by a CrowdStrike software update, has disrupted airlines, banking services, and 911 lines, leading to grounded flights and long queues.
  • The issue resulted in many systems experiencing the “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD), affecting major carriers and airports worldwide, and also impacted the London Stock Exchange and Australian banking systems.
  • CrowdStrike has identified and isolated the defect, deploying a fix, but recovery is expected to be slow due to the need for manual intervention on affected devices.
      • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
        16·
        2 months ago

        It is. It has linux AV available, but 99% of its install base is going to be windows.

        • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
          2·
          2 months ago

          Avoid using it for Linux that is for sure after today! If this will happen to all linux device, there is no working internet anymore.