Monthly Archives: July 2024

CrowdStrike fixes start at “reboot up to 15 times” and get more complex from there

reader comments 114 Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after a buggy update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software caused Windows-based systems to crash with a dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD) error message. We’re updating our story about the outage with new details as we… Read More »

Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion

Enlarge / A passenger sits on the floor as long queues form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, on July 19, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images reader comments 323 Millions of people outside the IT industry are learning what CrowdStrike is today, and that’s a real bad thing. Meanwhile, Microsoft… Read More »