Earlier today, an errant update shipped by Crowdstrike began causing Windows machines running the software to display the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death,” rendering those systems temporarily unusable. Like most security software, Crowdstrike requires deep hooks into the Windows operating system to fend off digital intruders, and in that environment a tiny coding error can quickly lead to catastrophic style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a post on Twitter/X, Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz said an update to correct the coding mistake has been shipped, and that Mac and Linux systems are not affected.
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, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online.
said a fix has been deployed, but experts say the recovery from this outage could take some time, as Crowdstrike’s solution needs to be applied manually on a per-machine basis.
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