Microsoft Outage Disrupts Travel and Businesses, Cybersecurity Firm Crowdstrike Says "Fix Deployed"

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Published 2024-07-19
A massive technology outage disrupted businesses and institutions in multiple countries. The glitch threw airports, banks, stock exchanges, supermarkets, telecoms, health systems and media outlets into chaos. The outage showed the fragile dependence the global economy has on certain software and the cascading effect it can have when things go wrong.
The outage was reported after Microsoft said it was addressing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. The outages rippled far and wide, with transport systems around the world among the hardest hit.
A software update issued by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, appeared to be at the root of the problem. The glitch resulted in crashes of machines running the Microsoft Windows operating system.
CrowdStrike said that it was aware of reports of Microsoft’s Windows operating system crashing. CrowdStrike president George Kurtz said the problem was caused by a “defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
2:55 WHAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE?
5:32 MICROSOFT SAYS RESOLUTION IS 'FORTHCOMING'


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All Comments (19)
  • @rajkumar.g9463
    Crowd Stick should take responsibility and pay the loses.... Since 8hours we working on restoration.
  • @indrahaseo
    Crowdstrike going to be bankrupt and shutdown soon after this lol
  • @cathmires8990
    Well, this explains what happened at the supermarket yesterday the cash registers we're only taking credit cards and cash. There were long lines at all registers and it was a pain getting customers through trying to find alternate sources of payment. We need a redundant system. The system is not robust enough, and everybody is using the same guy that's not good
  • @antonioreed5896
    I'm working next to newark airport. Planes are still flying
  • @harveydharma8188
    so let us directly hear it from the mothership captain -- Sir Bill Gates?
  • @b21raider27
    Software update gone amok by Crowdstrike. Didn’t they test it before rolling it out? Windows Blue Screen of Death.
  • @rajkumar.g9463
    No proper testing before rollout by crowdstrike... Recently we adopted CS. Waste of money n time.
  • @Eag757
    They laid off tons of techs that are neeed most. Quit laying off employees.
  • @kiranm6749
    Finally it happened Microsoft is useless company .. over 50 updates a year .. I got so pissed off with Microsoft windows... Laptop . Round the clock keep updating god knows what these software developer at Microsoft do..
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  • @halcastic
    remember meme film say? fxxxx microsoft🤣