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Today I'm grateful I'm using Linux - Global IT issues caused by Crowdstrike update causes BSOD on Windows (www.timesnownews.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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This isn't a gloat post. In fact, I was completely oblivious to this massive outage until I tried to check my bank balance and it wouldn't log in.

Apparently Visa Paywave, banks, some TV networks, EFTPOS, etc. have gone down. Flights have had to be cancelled as some airlines systems have also gone down. Gas stations and public transport systems inoperable. As well as numerous Windows systems and Microsoft services affected. (At least according to one of my local MSMs.)

Seems insane to me that one company's messed up update could cause so much global disruption and so many systems gone down :/ This is exactly why centralisation of services and large corporations gobbling up smaller companies and becoming behemoth services is so dangerous.

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[-] catculation@lemmy.zip 16 points 5 months ago

Even 911 is impacted

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago

In the US 911 is decentralized, so widespread things will always affect it in some places. Solarwinds hack was another one.

Assuming the entire phone system isn’t down, there are typically very shitty to deal with workarounds for CAD outages.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 5 months ago

That's potentially life threatening. I wonder if 112 in other countries is affected, it shouldn't be but at this point I'm afraid it is.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

In the Netherlands 112 is fine, most critical systems are. It's mostly airports that are getting fucked by this it seems.

Banks and PSPs are fine here too.

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