[UPDATE-Jul 20] CrowdStrike Blew Up The Internet, a ‘Dress Rehearsal’ for Cyber Warfare

CrowdStrike Windows Outage – What Happened And What To Do Next

A CrowdStrike update is breaking computers running Windows, causing them to crash and display the Blue Screen of Death. Companies around the world have been unable to reboot, according to reports.

Firms affected by the outage include Sky News, which has been unable to broadcast. Concerned users have taken to forums such as Reddit to report the issue, with one user saying: “Wow, stuck in a boot loop, and entire org taken out.”

So if you got into work this morning and were met by frankly, carnage, know that you are not alone. Here’s what happened and what to do next.

What is known about global Windows outage

The global outage in the work of the Windows operating system (OS) has complicated the functioning of companies in the banking, aviation sectors, media and a number of other areas. A number of banks and companies in the US, Australia, India, the UK and the EU have reported failures.

[UPDATE-Jul 20] About the Jul 19th global software failure around the world