Social media mocks the global outage, looks for a scapegoat, creates a holiday and wonders why our work computers are still up and running.
Social media mocks the global outage, looks for a scapegoat, creates a holiday and wonders why our work computers are still up and running.
Realistically, there’s nothing funny about the massive global IT outage suffered by Microsoft due to a CrowdStrike security update on Friday morning. Flights, banks, 911 call centers and hospitals were among those affected, as the outage hit thousands of Windows PCs. But we laugh, because we must not cry. Memes and jokes about the issue began almost instantly. Here are some of our favorites.Happy International BlueScreen Day!
One Twitter user dubbed the day International BlueScreen Day, as many computers showed the famed Microsoft Blue Screen of Death. How do you celebrate?Find someone to blame!
It’d be nice to pin this mistake on one hapless IT worker, wouldn’t it? One Threads post tried to do it, writing, «So excited by new internship at Microsoft.
