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19.07.2024

A massive IT outage occurred due to issues with CrowdStrike software. This disruption affected computer systems globally, leading to chaos and frustration for many organizations.
Airport check-in systems worldwide were disrupted. Banks, supermarkets, and media companies also reported encountering the dreaded “blue screen of death” and network outages. It’s like the digital equivalent of a Monday morning without coffee—everything just went haywire.
A defect in a recent CrowdStrike update specifically targeted at Windows hosts. Thankfully, Mac and Linux hosts remained unscathed. And no, it wasn’t a cyberattack—just a good old-fashioned software hiccup.
CrowdStrike’s CEO, George Kurtz, swiftly acknowledged the issue and assured everyone that a fix was in the works. They’ve deployed a patch to address the problem.
Experts predict that things should be “pretty well back to normal” by midday tomorrow. IT teams are burning the midnight oil to apply the patch and run tests. Fingers crossed!