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2024-07-21 Cyber

Microsoft says global outage on July 19 affected 8.5 million computers

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Posted by badanov 2024-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top

#1 Crowdstrike hits across the world: Queues build at US borders, Indian and Chinese airports battle back to normality and German hospitals cancel ops as world's biggest IT outage continues to wreak havoc

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-21 05:55|| 2024-07-21 05:55|| Front Page Top

#2 How China swerved worst of global tech meltdown

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-21 06:04|| 2024-07-21 06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 CrowdStrike’s Global Computer Outage Reignites Concerns over Cybersecurity Industry Concentration, 'RussiaGate' Ties

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-21 06:13|| 2024-07-21 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Microsoft has a real business opportunity here.

That is if they can demonstrate a better cybersecurity system that can seamlessly envelop the Crowdstrike work.

Not sure how the lawsuits will play out. Crowdstrike says the existing service agreements cover situations like the outage and the company would only be liable for some minor refunds. But that may not hold up.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-07-21 08:32|| 2024-07-21 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5
Deflecting our attention maybe?
Because it is interesting, how all this and more seems to suddenly happen, as they trying Kill Trump, push Biden out the door and find a replacement.

Posted by 2024-07-21 10:24|| 2024-07-21 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Microsoft lays off its DEI team as fired staff complain diversity ideals were 'no longer...

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-21 11:32|| 2024-07-21 11:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Only 8.5 million computers? Seems a bit low-balled. Linux, baby!

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-07-21 15:25|| 2024-07-21 15:25|| Front Page Top

#8 But important computers.

Posted by Cravirt Poodle4329 2024-07-21 16:54|| 2024-07-21 16:54|| Front Page Top

#9 So what was installed on those 8.5M machines when they rebooted?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-21 19:07|| 2024-07-21 19:07|| Front Page Top

#10 i have used c# for 20 years now and admire it but i dont like their policy of automatic updates. its
my machine and if i say its not broke then dont you fix it. I have migrated my programming to the web and use javascript and dont need c# for that.
so i am thinking of swapping microsoft for linux.
my endeavor is at www.weemfg.com. give it a poke and tell me what you dont like

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-07-21 20:27|| www.weemfg.com 2024-07-21 20:27|| Front Page Top

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