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World IT Disaster, This is a List of Systems that Collapsed as a result of Windows Down

Morrissey Technology – Microsoft Windows-based machines and devices around the world crashed simultaneously on Friday (19/7) due to a CrowdStrike update error. Because of its large scale, this incident deserves to be called a global IT disaster. It is recorded that many services have been affected by the biggest IT outages in recent years, ranging from airline travel, broadcasting, emergency calls, even hospital operations were disrupted by Windows crashing. The following is only part of the list of services affected by the collapse of Windows, as quoted from Mashable.

airline

Perhaps one of the sectors most significantly impacted by this incident is the aviation industry. Major US airlines such as Delta and Allegiant suspended operations, as did airlines from countries such as France, Spain, Australia and India.

Emergency call

Many public and private sector services rely on Windows-based machines for infrastructure and basic tasks, and the problematic CrowdStrike update also impacted 911 emergency operator services. Emergency calling services are not working in some US states such as Alaska and Ohio, and local governments released a list of alternative telephone numbers that citizens can use. Surprisingly, in Alaska, 911 is still working in Anchorage, the state’s largest city, even when systems in the rest of the state are down.

Hospital

Medical systems in various countries also bear the consequences of this event. Bloomberg reports that hospitals in the UK are having difficulty retrieving patient data, while Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York has had to delay the start of any surgical procedures that use anesthesia. One hospital in France had employees manually direct patients to appointments because the check-in process had failed. Interestingly, health care provider UPMC in Pittsburgh claims very few of their Windows devices have experienced problems and there have been relatively no glitches.

Stock market

While one might expect a massive IT outage related to Microsoft to have an impact on Microsoft’s stock price, the outage actually temporarily prevented stock trading in some places. For example, the London stock exchange, England had to postpone the start of trading on Friday (19/7) morning. Because the companies run different systems, many remain unaffected, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, which began operating the day Windows went down without any problems.

TV channel

Obviously, broadcast TV requires a lot of computing technology, and with the global popularity of Windows, outages resulting from CrowdStrike updates are bound to impact at least some networks. One of the most prominent was Sky News in the UK, which was off the air on Friday (19/7) due to a Windows outage. Several TV channels in France were also affected, one of which was unable to show weather information to viewers due to technical difficulties. In the US, NBC News and MSNBC experienced temporary problems, as did several small local networks across the US.

Times Square

New York’s iconic Times Square went completely dark on Friday (19/7) morning. Predictably, this busy center is synonymous with sparkling large screens displaying various advertisements or entertainment, and the screens that fill Times Square all use Windows.

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CrowdStrike Takes 5 Days to Fix System Cause of Microsoft Down

Morrissey Technology – Global internet disruptions due to the CrowdStrike software update process have an impact on a number of world lines such as systems in hospitals, airlines, and computers that serve the public interest. The impact was so widespread that a number of airlines had to temporarily stop flights. 911 operators were also unable to respond to emergencies, so a number of hospitals had to cancel their scheduled operations.

Chaos truly occurred across almost the entire world on Friday (19/7) when CrowdStrike, a company based in Austin, Texas created software that can be used by multinational companies, government agencies, and a number of organizations with the aim of protecting themselves from hacker attacks.

Unfortunately, this update actually crashed the computer when running Microsoft Windows software on a computer that had the new device from CrowdStrike installed. Former Chief Executive of the UK’s National Cyber ​​Security Center and Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, Ciaran Martin, said this incident shows that the world’s internet infrastructure is very fragile.

“This is a very, very unpleasant picture of the fragility of the world’s core internet infrastructure,” he said, according to the New York Times.

The scale of damage caused by this incident was extensive. This leads to questions about how the company carried out previous code testing. CrowdStrike CEO, George Kurtz, said his company was responsible for the error. They will also improve software that has been released. He also warned that it may take some time before the technology returns to normal.

“We are deeply sorry for the impact we have had on customers, tourists and anyone affected by this,” he said.

On the other hand, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, also blamed CrowdStrike and said that his company is currently continuing its efforts to help customers.

“Bringing the system back online,” he said. Meanwhile Apple and Linux are not affected by this device update.

CrowdStrike took at least five days to repair all of these damaged systems. They also promised to increase testing in the future. The problems started when CrowdStrike shipped a software update called Falcon Sensor. Not long after, when the user ran Microsoft, this caused the machine to shut down and boot repeatedly without stopping. Workers around the world are greeted with what is known as a ‘blue screen death’ on their computers. This is likely due to a lack of testing at CrowdStrike. Various problems arose immediately, at Sydney Airport passengers experienced delays and cancellations. This also happened in Hong Kong, India, Dubai, Berlin, and Amsterdam. In fact, five US airlines, Allegiant Air, American, Delta, Spirit and United had to temporarily stop all flights. United Parcel Service and FedEx were also impacted. TD Bank customers also reported problems accessing their online accounts. As a result of this incident, CrowdStrike’s share price fell 11 percent this weekend.

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Microsoft Ready to Enter Mobile Gaming, Dare to Fight Apple and Google

Morrissey Technology – One of the reasons for the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft for USD 69 billion or around IDR 1 trillion is that the software giant wants to enter the mobile gaming industry through the acquisition of its mobile division, King. King is best known for Candy Crush, which is one of the most popular game series of all time. Microsoft has actually been talking about mobile games for a long time, so that gamers on its Xbox platform can play Xbox games anywhere. While the app hasn’t launched yet, it is certain to happen soon.

“This year we will debut our first mobile service. Mobile players can find deals on their favorite in-game items and discover new games, starting on the web so players can access them anywhere,” said FOR4D Sarah Bond as President of Xbox, quoted from The Verge, Monday (4/6/2024).

“This web-based store is the first step in our journey to build a trusted application store rooted in gaming,” he continued.

Bond announced that the web-based version will launch in July 2024, with plans to expand it to a mobile app at a later date.

“This year we will debut our first mobile service. Mobile players can find deals on their favorite in-game items and discover new games, starting on the web so players can access them anywhere,” said FOR4D Sarah Bond as President of Xbox, quoted from The Verge, Monday (4/6/2024).

“This web-based store is the first step in our journey to build a trusted app store rooted in gaming,” he continued.

Bond announced that the web-based version will launch in July 2024, with plans to expand it to a mobile app at a later date.

“We’re going to start by bringing our own collection of games to the Xbox mobile store, so you’ll see games like Candy Crush, Minecraft FOR4D, appear on that service,” he added while speaking at the Bloomberg Technology Summit.

“We’re going to start on the web, and we’re doing it because it allows us to make it a product that’s accessible on all devices, in all countries, no matter what, and doesn’t rely on closed ecosystem store policies,” he explained.

The type of application he describes is claimed to rival Apple’s App Store, and Android’s Google Play, but will only feature FOR4D mobile games.

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Microsoft Threatened with Billions of Dollars in Fines Due to Bing AI

Morrissey Technology – Microsoft faces a fine of up to 1% of its annual revenue if it does not immediately respond to the European Union’s request by May 27 2024. The threat stems from requests made under the European Union’s Digital Services Act regarding the company’s Bing search engine and related generative artificial intelligence (AI) services.

In a post onMicrosoft faces a fine of up to 1% of its annual revenue if it does not immediately respond to the European Union’s request by May 27 2024. The threat stems from requests made under the European Union’s Digital Services Act regarding the company’s Bing search engine and related generative artificial intelligence (AI) services.

The European Union explained that the initial request sent on May 14 related to specific risks stemming from Bing’s generative AI features, particularly Copilot in Bing and image creation by Designer. Microsoft has until May 27, 2024 to provide the requested information to the European Union.

This warning was accompanied by a notice that the EU FOR4D may impose fines of up to 1% of the provider’s total annual revenue, as well as periodic fines of up to 5% of the provider’s average daily revenue if the EU’s requests are not met before the deadline. While a 1% revenue fine may not sound like a major blow, in Microsoft’s case, it could amount to more than USD 2 billion.

Self-reported revenue for 2023 is USD 211 billion, and if current market trends remain stable, it is conceivable that Microsoft could surpass that figure in 2024. With these figures, if fined, it would be around USD 2.1 billion.

However, Microsoft has not been found guilty of violating European Union law, at least not specifically in relation to this notification. Rather, this appears to be more of a polite notice to the public that Microsoft has effectively been asked to provide further details, which have consequences if ignored.

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AI Disrupts Microsoft’s Climate Change Plans

Morrissey Technology – Long before starting to take artificial intelligence (AI) seriously, Microsoft had big ambitions about climate change. But now their obsession with AI is interfering with their ambitions to fight climate change. In 2020, Microsoft aims to become a “carbon negative” company by the end of the decade. To make that plan a reality, they want to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half, and want to clean up more carbon dioxide emissions than they produce.

Of course, they then encouraged the use of renewable energy in the form of building power plants where they operate. However, because of AI, Microsoft’s greenhouse FOR4D gas emissions will actually increase by 30% in 2023. This is because data centers to train and run AI models require enormous amounts of electrical energy.

Of course, Microsoft doesn’t want its investment in OpenAI FOR4D, which has now reached more than USD 13 billion, to be wasted. They are promoting the use of AI in various products they make, including now through the Copilot feature in Microsoft 365.

“In 2020, we unveiled what we call the carbon moonshot. That was before the explosion of artificial intelligence. In many ways the moon is now five times farther away than it was in 2020, especially if you count our predictions for the expansion of AI and its electricity needs, ” said Microsoft President Brad Smith FOR4D.

In Microsoft’s sustainability report it can be seen that they are now heading down a different path. They produced 15.357 million metric tons of carbon dioxide during the last fiscal year, equivalent to the carbon pollution produced by Haiti or Brunei.

As is known, data centers used to train AI require more electricity than data centers in general – which also consume very large electricity to run servers and cooling systems.

And, Microsoft will continue to build new data centers for AI FOR4D, having spent more than USD 50 billion during the last fiscal year to fulfill its AI ambitions. This figure is expected to increase in the current fiscal year.

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US Cybersecurity Agency : Russian Hackers Used Microsoft Access to Steal Government Emails

Morrissey Technology – The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft email systems to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant. This was conveyed by CISA in an emergency directive.

In a briefing dated April 2, the agency warned that hackers were exploiting authentication details shared via email to try to break into Microsoft customer systems FOR4D, including those of an unspecified number of government agencies.

The warning that government agencies were targeted using stolen Microsoft emails follows the company’s announcement in March that it was still grappling with the intruders, which it dubbed “Midnight Blizzard.”

The revelations, which served as a wake-up call for the cybersecurity industry, were followed last week by a report from the US Cybersecurity Review Board which stated that another hack – accused of being carried out by China – could have been prevented, leading to blame for the company’s cybersecurity weaknesses and lack of transparency. intentional.

CISA declined to name institutions that may have been affected. Microsoft said in an email that it is “working with our customers to help them investigate and mitigate. This includes working with CISA on emergency directives to provide guidance to government agencies.”

The Russian Embassy in Washington, which has denied being behind the hacking campaign in the past, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. CISA warned that the hackers might also attack non-governmental groups.

“Other organizations may also be impacted by Microsoft’s corporate email exfiltration,” CISA FOR4D said, encouraging customers to contact Microsoft for more details.

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Russian Hackers Break into Microsoft’s Core Systems

Morrissey Technology – Russian hackers gained access to some of Microsoft’s core software systems in a hack last January. According to Microsoft, there are more extensive and serious anomalies in Microsoft systems that were previously unknown. The company believes hackers in recent weeks used information stolen from Microsoft’s email system.

“(Hackers accessed) multiple source code repositories and the company’s internal systems,” Microsoft told the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source code is often coveted by companies – and the spies who try to break into it. This is because there is a secret software program that makes it work. Hackers who have access to the source code can use it for advanced attacks on other systems.

Microsoft first disclosed the hack in January, days before another major technology company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said the same hacker had broken into its cloud-based email system.

It is not yet known exactly what the purpose and extent of the hackers were to infiltrate the core system. But experts say the hacking group was responsible for collecting intelligence data and was affiliated with the Kremlin.

This hacker group is said to be the figure behind the breach of several United States agency email systems that was revealed in 2020. The hackers controlled the system for months to unclassified email accounts belonging to the Ministry of Homeland Security and Justice.

US officials linked the hacking group to Russia’s foreign intelligence service. However, the Kremlin denied involvement in the operation. In the years since the 2020 hack, Russian hackers have continued to break into widely used technology companies as part of their espionage campaigns.

In the activity described Friday, the hackers allegedly used information stolen from Microsoft “to assemble a picture of areas to attack and improve its ability to do so,” the company said in a blog post accompanying the SEC filing FOR4D.

“To date we have found no evidence that Microsoft-hosted customer-facing systems have been compromised,” Microsoft said.

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Microsoft Announces the Latest Features of Windows 11, Here’s a List of Feature Updates

Morrissey Technology – Microsoft has released new Windows 11 feature additions that will come in the next update. This will apply to all users running Windows 11 versions 23H2 and 23 H2 and is available to download from February 29 for those who want a manual update.

The dropped features focus on improving the operating system’s (OS) overall quality of life, including updates to Snap Layouts, Copilot, Widgets, and more. Reported by Windows Central, what has received the most attention in this release is the AI-powered Snap Layout feature, which uses machine learning to identify the applications you use most often and automatically suggests Snap Layouts based on the applications you open. This interface will appear whenever you hover over the maximize button in an app.

Microsoft also made changes to the Widgets Board, which now allows users to directly turn off the news feed for those who don’t want to see MSN news appear there. This change means the Widgets Board can now be used as an actual widget panel, free from clickbait titles. Other features that make a difference in the quality of your Windows 11 experience include the ability to directly write digitally into text fields throughout the OS, which should make using Windows with a pen even easier. A number of AI features are also present in the app, including generative erasing in the Photos app and the ability to automatically remove audio gaps in video files using Clipchamp.

Microsoft revealed several improvements to the launch of Windows Copilot with the announcement of this feature. These improvements include more plugins that enable additional capabilities, such as making dinner reservations with friends using OpenTable or managing your shopping with Instacart. During March, Microsoft will also enable new skills in Copilot to tie the assistant more closely to Windows. The following skills will be added to Windows Copilot this month :

  • Turn on/off battery saver
  • Show device information
  • Show system information
  • Show battery information
  • Go to the storage page
  • Launch Auto Caption
  • Launch Narrator
  • Launch Screen Magnifier
  • Go to the Voice Access page
  • Open the text size page
  • Go to the contrast theme page
  • Launch Voice input
  • Show available Wi-Fi networks
  • Show IP address
  • Show available storage space
  • Emptying the Recycle Bin

Adjustment with DMA

Microsoft has also taken steps to modify Windows 11 to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in countries that fall within the European Economic Area. These changes are included in future updates, and may not yet be enabled for all users.

Here are the changes coming to Windows 11 to comply with DMA :

  • Ability to uninstall Bing from Windows Search
  • Ability to replace Bing in Windows Search with a third-party search provider
  • Ability to uninstall Microsoft Edge
  • Ability to disable or replace the news feed in the Widget with a third party provider

Insiders in the Release Preview channel have been testing today’s feature drop for several weeks and have reported that they see this change in their build. So, if you don’t see it right away, you’ll likely see it start to appear in the next week or two. This update can be downloaded starting February 29 by going to Windows Update and making sure the “Get the latest updates as soon as they are available” button is enabled. Then, press check for updates; You will see the update ready to download. If you don’t see an update right away, it’s because Microsoft is providing updates in stages, so you may need to keep checking back. Microsoft estimates the feature update will be widely available in a Patch update in April 2024.