A CrowdStrike update is breaking computers running Windows. Here’s what happened and what to do to fix the issue.
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 happened
As you might have gathered, an issue with CrowdStrike is causing the widespread global issue. CrowdStrike engineers say they are working on the issue, which affects its Falcon Sensor product. CrowdStrike calls Falcon “the CrowdStrike platform purpose-built to stop breaches via a unified set of cloud-delivered technologies that prevent all types of attacks—including malware and much more.”
The IT outage has affected airports, businesses and broadcasters, according to the Sky News website. Planes have been grounded in the U.S., trains in the U.K. are impacted, as well as boarding scanners at Edinburgh airport in Scotland.
Microsoft says it is taking “mitigation actions” after service issues it said started at about 6pm Eastern Time.
