Global Microsoft Windows Glitch: CrowdStrike Update Throws BSOD Issues
A new release from CrowdStrike has affected the productivity of Microsoft Windows on computers around the globe; users have been presented with the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
Global security threats have impacted the general populace with hundreds of thousands of computers running on the Microsoft Windows 10 system malfunctioning. Various forums are filled with messages about problems people are experiencing, attached screenshots with BSOD are published. Such a glitch has not only affected workplaces, but also focused and important places such as airports. It is believed from sources that the recent update to CrowdStrike is the culprit.
Infected clients shared screenshots of a Recovery Page that says ‘Windows did not load correctly. ’ Major airlines in India including Akasa Air and Indigo suffered check-in system problems owing to the CrowdStrike update. Microsoft has not commented on this yet.
In a newly released support note to its users, CrowdStrike admitted to the fact that ‘Multiple sensor versions on Windows hosts have been reported to experience BSOD,’ but failed to give additional information.
Disruptions on Fri 19, July on the Ryanair European airline’s flights were due to a global 3 rd party system outage that is out of Ryanair’s control and will impact all the airlines across the network.
India’s Akasa Air also provided an update of their status related to this incident on X stating that a result of infrastructure challenges their service provider is currently experiencing, some online tools, namely booking and check-in would not be available. As we speak, they are still using process check-in and boarding protocols at existing airports.
As reported by Guardian Australia, the organisations affected by the blackout are the business such as banks, airlines, telecommunication companies TV and radio broadcasters and supermarket, which was forced to shut down the Windows workstations across the world after they displayed the BSOD screens.
Early learnings suggest that the Windows BSOD problem is as a result of the CrowdStrike update that comes under the umbrella of Falcon solutions in the cybersecurity domain. This implies that not all Windows 10 computers are infected, but those particular systems that have Falcon in them. a cyber security expert said over the Tweeter that; at the moment, CrowdStrike Falcon agents are exploding and leading to blue screen of death boot on every end point and noted an instance of outages across the world.
What have IT teams in critical venues such as airports, hospitals, and government buildings trying to do? Patching their systems because of the Windows 10 CrowdStrike BSOD problem Some office employees, on the other hand, are looking at silver linings in this chaos. Some are even mocking and calling it ‘ Early Weekend’ on the social media platform. “CrowdStrike calls it a day and takes out half the world’s systems now, even ransomware is better,” stated Gabriel, a user on X.