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Today I'm grateful I'm using Linux - Global IT issues caused by Crowdstrike update causes BSOD on Windows

This isn’t a gloat post. In fact, I was completely oblivious to this massive outage until I tried to check my bank balance and it wouldn’t log in.

Apparently Visa Paywave, banks, some TV networks, EFTPOS, etc. have gone down. Flights have had to be cancelled as some airlines systems have also gone down. Gas stations and public transport systems inoperable. As well as numerous Windows systems and Microsoft services affected. (At least according to one of my local MSMs.)

Seems insane to me that one company’s messed up update could cause so much global disruption and so many systems gone down :/ This is exactly why centralisation of services and large corporations gobbling up smaller companies and becoming behemoth services is so dangerous.

catculation ,
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Even 911 is impacted

Bitrot ,

In the US 911 is decentralized, so widespread things will always affect it in some places. Solarwinds hack was another one.

Assuming the entire phone system isn’t down, there are typically very shitty to deal with workarounds for CAD outages.

fin ,

That’s hell of a strike to the crowd

sabreW4K3 ,
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Is there a chance that this makes organisations move to Linux?

aasatru ,
@aasatru@kbin.earth avatar

I guess they would want some cybersecurity software like Crowdstrike in either case? If so, this could probably have happened on any system, as it's a bug in third party software that crashes the computer.

Not that I know much about this, but if this leads to a push towards Linux it would be if companies already wanted to make the switch, but were unwilling because they thought they needed Crowdstrike specifically. This might lead them to consider alternative cybersecurity software.

shirro ,

Windows usage isn’t the cause of dysfunction in corporate IT but a symptom of it. All you would get is badly managed Linux systems compromised by bloated insecure commercial security/management software.

magic_lobster_party ,

That’s not going to change much. This isn’t a Windows problem. This is a faulty software problem. People can write faulty software on Linux too.

aniki ,

You’d think maybe not being reliant on a 90 billion dollar company to un-fuck security would be a bigger deal than it is.

Asidonhopo ,

US and UK flights are grounded because of the issue, banks, media and some businesses not fully functioning. Likely we’ll see more effects as the day goes on.

0x0 ,

What?! No, it must be Kaspersky!

/s

AlligatorBlizzard ,

Oh damn, I wonder if that’s why some of Metro Transit’s signage was down last night?

Strit ,
@Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show avatar

It’s also reported in Danish news now: dr.dk/…/store-it-problemer-flere-steder-i-verden

stoy ,

I just saw it on the Swedish national broadcaster’s website:

www.svt.se/…/it-storningar-varlden-over-e1l936

Maxy ,

Dutch media are reporting the same thing: nos.nl/l/2529468 (liveblog) nos.nl/l/2529464 (Normal article)

Thorned_Rose OP ,
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For reference, this was the article I first read about this on: www.nzherald.co.nz/…/R2EY42QKQBALXNF33G5PA6U3TQ/

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