Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.

CrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines Image: The VergeCrowdStrike has published a post incident review (PIR) of the buggy update it published that took down 8.5 million Windows machines last week. The detailed post blames a bug in test software for not properly validating the content update that was pushed out to millions of machines on Friday. CrowdStrike is promising to more thoro…

Travelers Delayed or Stuck by the CrowdStrike Outage: What Did Your Airline Provide? The flight disruptions brought on by the global I.T. failure were deemed within the control of the airlines, meaning airlines have to reimburse passengers for meals, transportation and hotels. Did your carrier live up to the requirement?

CrowdStrike CEO to testify about massive outage that halted flights and hospitals Image: The VergeCrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz was called to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee over the major outage affecting Windows PCs spurred by a faulty update that brought flights, hospital procedures, and broadcasters to a halt on Friday, The Washington Post reported. “Recognizing that Americans will undoubtedly feel the…

CrowdStrike shares tumble as fallout from global tech outage continues A faulty CrowdStrike software update was still impacting computers on Monday. The incident could hurt signings, Guggenheim Securities analysts warned.

You Can Fix the CrowdStrike Bug With a USB Drive Microsoft’s new USB-based recovery tool should make it a lot easier for PCs knocked down by the CrowdStrike bug to come online.

CrowdStrike has a new guidance hub for dealing with the Windows outage Image: The VergeCrowdStrike has published a new “Remediation and Guidance Hub” that collects details related to its faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows computers across the globe on Friday. The page includes technical information on what caused the outage, what systems are affected, and CEO George Kurtz’s statement. It contains links…

CrowdStrike outage: Photos, videos, and tales of IT workers fixing BSODs Image: The VergeThe CrowdStrike outage that hit millions of Windows machines on Friday has left IT workers scrambling to get their organizations’ computer infrastructure back up and running. Images and stories shared online are illustrating just how tedious and overwhelming this task is. Microsoft and CrowdStrike don’t have a way to push a fix …

Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue Image: The VergeMicrosoft has released a recovery tool that’s designed to help IT admins repair Windows machines that were impacted by CrowdStrike’s faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday. The tool creates a bootable USB drive that IT admins can use to help quickly recover impacted machines. While CrowdStrike has issued…

CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft Image: The VergeCrowdStrike’s faulty update caused a worldwide tech disaster that affected 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday, according to Microsoft. Microsoft says that’s “less than one percent of all Windows machines,” but it was enough to create problems for retailers, banks, airlines, and many other industries, as well as everyone who re…

The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem The CrowdStrike software bug that took down Microsoft operating system-based IT around the globe exposed a ‘single-point’ failure risk that is rising.

The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making The best defense against the next CrowdStrike is requiring software updates to be rolled out incrementally and building redundancy into systems.

Global CrowdStrike Outage Proves How Fragile IT Systems Have Become While in some corners of Silicon Valley people worry about the risks of A.I., a simple failed software update caused a worldwide outage.

After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe? With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.

Your IT Department Might Need Your Help Fixing the CrowdStrike Outage Current known fixes for the CrowdStrike error require some user intervention.

Here’s What Happened With the CrowdStrike Outage Companies around the world were taken down by the Blue Screen of Death.

Mercedes F1 Team Hit By Global CrowdStrike Outage Formula 1 isn’t immune to Friday’s global technology outage that ground airports to a halt and hampered most forms of commerce involving a computer operated by Windows. Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike said that a faulty software update caused the mass calamity. Crowdstrike also has a massive presence in motorsport,… Read more…

The CrowdStrike Outage Won’t End Quickly Right now, much of the world has ground to a halt thanks to a botched update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike. Banks, hospitals, 911 call centers — our own Daniel Golson is even stranded in Schiphol Airport as we speak. Yet, judging by CrowdStrike’s response, the folks worst hit by the outage might be the IT… Read more…

Starbucks mobile ordering falls victim to the CrowdStrike BSOD outage Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesLook, in the grand scheme of the global outage that’s wreaking havoc across airlines, banks, supermarkets, TV stations, and countless businesses, being unable to order a Trenta iced coffee from Starbucks with my smartphone is a minor inconvenience. But you can add the company’s mobile ordering s…

Microsoft on CrowdStrike outage: Have you tried turning it off and on? (15 times) Image: Channel 4 / Talkback ThamesHave you turned it off and on again? That familiar refrain from IT departments and The IT Crowd is being echoed by Microsoft today as a recommended way of fixing the faulty CrowdStrike update that has taken down thousands of Windows PCs and servers today. In a support note on Microsoft’s Azure outage page, the c…