Windows Mass Blue Screen Caused by Microsoft Down in a Number of Countries
Morrissey Technology – Thousands of Windows devices around the world experienced a mass blue screen of death (BSOD) which impacted a number of services, from aviation, broadcasting, to banking in various countries. The cause of the disruption is thought to be the software update process carried out by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.
A problematic software update from CrowdStrike took affected PCs and servers offline. As a result, these devices enter the recovery boot loop and the devices cannot turn on properly. CrowdStrike is widely used by many businesses around the world to manage the security of Windows PCs and servers.
Quoting The Verge, the initial problem was reported after devices at banks, airlines and Australian TV broadcasters started going offline. This problem is now spreading, even to Europe.
One of the problems was British broadcaster Sky News, which was unable to broadcast its morning news bulletin for hours, and broadcast a message apologizing for “the disruption to this broadcast.”
Later, Ryanair, one of Europe’s largest airlines, also said that it was experiencing “third party” IT issues, which were impacting flight departures. Berlin Airport also warned of travel delays due to “technical problems.” In America, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was assisting airlines such as Delta, United and American Airlines due to communications problems.
“The FAA is closely monitoring technical issues impacting IT systems at US airlines,” said FAA spokeswoman Jeannie Shiffer.
“Several airlines have requested FAA assistance to carry out emergency landings for their fleets until this problem is resolved,” he added.
Reported by ABC, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz confirmed the mass outage experienced worldwide was the result of “a flaw discovered in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
He emphasized that the mass disruption was not caused by a security incident or cyber attack. Kurtz said only his clients using Windows devices were affected by this issue. Meanwhile, users with Mac and Linux devices are not affected. Kurtz also said that the flaw in the update that caused this global computing issue had been “identified, isolated, and a fix has been implemented.”
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