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nexguy ,
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How was this not tested by Microsoft in a virtual environment with a large set of test conditions before it was released? Does this not happen?

teknomunk ,

I don’t expect that Microsoft checks CrowdStrike’s software before CrowdStrike pushes their updates.

pumpkinseedoil ,

What happened?

Rentlar ,

apnews.com/…/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-austral…

An update to a cybersecurity software suite called CrowdStrike caused Windows machines to BSOD. CrowdStrike was big and monopolistic enough that it took out servees at large organizations worldwide.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Y2K24

ArmoredThirteen ,

Is this the Denver airport?

cannedtuna OP ,

Yeah

cm0002 ,

The mistake was pushing it on Friday morning like a bunch of amateurs, they’re supposed to push it out scheduled on Friday at 5:03PM so you have enough time to get to your car and off the parking lot

flango ,

Exactly hahaaha!!

Sibbo ,

Also, half the team must be on summer vacation

some_guy ,

Y2K would have been CRTs. But it’s not like kids will know that.

cannedtuna OP ,

Hey we had flat screens back then, they just took up the whole floor space and it took 2 people to move those projection TVs

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

Maybe even split-flap displays, or printed advertisements

wer2 ,

As someone stuck in DTW, I feel the pain.

TheBat ,
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

Down to win?

T4V0 ,
@T4V0@lemmy.pt avatar

Bro do you even lingo? It’s obviously Down To Wedgie, that’s why he’s in pain

Viking_Hippie ,

You sure it’s not DownTon Wrappy?

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Should have used Linux!

ChaoticNeutralCzech , (edited )

The cause is a malfunction of the Crowdstrike monitoring solution, which employees use to spy at anything ever done on company hardware. They do have a Linux version and it has been reported to cause kernel panics (not sure if during this incident).

But yes, Windows on public information displays is dumb.
Infamous “Let’s finish setting up your PC” screen

Dudewitbow ,

it was because crowdstrike themselves notified that this specific instance did not affect their linux nor osx distributions of security, and was windows specific.

CalcProgrammer1 ,
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Should have not trusted a third party to install proprietary code into the kernel. It’s not a Windows issue directly, they have a Linux version too, but anything that allows third parties to put proprietary code into your kernel and automatically update it without your approval is untrustworthy.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Counterpoint: Windows bad.

CalcProgrammer1 ,
@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml avatar

I can’t disagree with you there.

Damage ,

They have a Linux version, but this happened only to the Windows one… Coincidence?!

qjkxbmwvz ,

Probably coincidence? It sounds (???) like this is a pretty simple fix on Windows.

The number of times I have borked my Linux machines so they wouldn’t boot is, well, greater than zero for sure. Any operating system can be bricked to the point of requiring manual intervention by software with elevated privileges.

Rentlar ,

The simple fix: turn it off and on up to 15 times

The simple fix 2: delete system32

CalcProgrammer1 ,
@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes, coincidence.

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