AFAIK it was a Thursday night push for people in US mountain time / pacific time. But, that ends up being Friday early morning in Europe and Friday mid-day in Asia.
No, no, no. It's clearly a city since the photo is flight info boards. Clearly he means Dallas Tort Worth, it's a little tiny place unlike its bigger brother DFW.
An update to a cybersecurity software suite called CrowdStrike caused Windows machines to BSOD. CrowdStrike was big and monopolistic enough that it took out servees at large organizations worldwide.
Should have not trusted a third party to install proprietary code into the kernel. It's not a Windows issue directly, they have a Linux version too, but anything that allows third parties to put proprietary code into your kernel and automatically update it without your approval is untrustworthy.
Probably coincidence? It sounds (???) like this is a pretty simple fix on Windows.
The number of times I have borked my Linux machines so they wouldn't boot is, well, greater than zero for sure. Any operating system can be bricked to the point of requiring manual intervention by software with elevated privileges.
The cause is a malfunction of the Crowdstrike monitoring solution, which employees use to spy at anything ever done on company hardware. They do have a Linux version and it has been reported to cause kernel panics (not sure if during this incident).
But yes, Windows on public information displays is dumb.
it was because crowdstrike themselves notified that this specific instance did not affect their linux nor osx distributions of security, and was windows specific.
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cm0002@lemmy.world · 147 pts · 2y
flango@lemmy.eco.br · 16 pts · 2y
Exactly hahaaha!!
postnataldrip@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Was about 3pm here /cries in Australian
We regularly get screwed over during business hours by things being pushed out overnight in the US/UK
merc@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
AFAIK it was a Thursday night push for people in US mountain time / pacific time. But, that ends up being Friday early morning in Europe and Friday mid-day in Asia.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 62 pts · 2y
Y2K would have been CRTs. But it's not like kids will know that.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 2y
Hey we had flat screens back then, they just took up the whole floor space and it took 2 people to move those projection TVs
vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 2y
Laptops also had LCDs. Just don't move your mouse too fast or the screen can't keep up and it'll disappear
areyouevenreal@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
You're thinking of passive matrix displays. Those were the cheaper option but active matrix screens did exist.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
They did, but you had to pay a pretty penny to have one of those
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 2y
Maybe even split-flap displays, or printed advertisements
wer2@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
As someone stuck in DTW, I feel the pain.
TheBat@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
T4V0@lemmy.pt · 20 pts · 2y
Bro do you even lingo? It's obviously Down To Wedgie, that's why he's in pain
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
No, no, no. It's clearly a city since the photo is flight info boards. Clearly he means Dallas Tort Worth, it's a little tiny place unlike its bigger brother DFW.
Thassodar@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Surprised to hear someone mention Dallas Tort Worth ever since The Incident.
T4V0@lemmy.pt · 3 pts · 2y
Of course mate, and unlike its sibling, it Doesn't Fuck Walruses
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You sure it's not DownTon Wrappy?
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 2y
Is this the Denver airport?
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Yeah
Facebones@reddthat.com · 20 pts · 2y
Ironically it was more of a hassle than y2k ended up being lol
samus12345@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Y2K24
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 2y
Also, half the team must be on summer vacation
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
What happened?
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 2y
https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-australia-internet-banks-media-0a5f792b6571b37a35181d64028fefc4
An update to a cybersecurity software suite called CrowdStrike caused Windows machines to BSOD. CrowdStrike was big and monopolistic enough that it took out servees at large organizations worldwide.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Should have used Linux!
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml · 54 pts · 2y
Should have not trusted a third party to install proprietary code into the kernel. It's not a Windows issue directly, they have a Linux version too, but anything that allows third parties to put proprietary code into your kernel and automatically update it without your approval is untrustworthy.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Counterpoint: Windows bad.
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 2y
I can't disagree with you there.
Damage@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
They have a Linux version, but this happened only to the Windows one... Coincidence?!
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website · 16 pts · 2y
Probably coincidence? It sounds (???) like this is a pretty simple fix on Windows.
The number of times I have borked my Linux machines so they wouldn't boot is, well, greater than zero for sure. Any operating system can be bricked to the point of requiring manual intervention by software with elevated privileges.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
The simple fix: turn it off and on up to 15 times
The simple fix 2: delete system32
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 4 pts · 2y
It's not like they haven't caused Linux outages in the past.
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
Yes, coincidence.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 25 pts · 2y
The cause is a malfunction of the Crowdstrike monitoring solution, which employees use to spy at anything ever done on company hardware. They do have a Linux version and it has been reported to cause kernel panics (not
sure ifduring this incident).But yes, Windows on public information displays is dumb.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 2y
it was because crowdstrike themselves notified that this specific instance did not affect their linux nor osx distributions of security, and was windows specific.
ohmyiv@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
This in particular is a Crowdstrike issue. They suck as much as windows. Crowdstrike has had issues on Linux before:
Crowdstrike - freezing RockyLinux After 9.4 upgrade:: https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/crowdstrike-freezing-rockylinux-after-9-4-upgrade/14041
Kernel panic observed after booting 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.x86_64 by falcon-sensor process:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7068083
Debian user experience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41005936
Another windows story: https://www.thestack.technology/crowdstrike-bug-maxes-out-100-of-cpu-requires-windows-reboots/
nexguy@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
How was this not tested by Microsoft in a virtual environment with a large set of test conditions before it was released? Does this not happen?
teknomunk@lemm.ee · 44 pts · 2y
I don't expect that Microsoft checks CrowdStrike's software before CrowdStrike pushes their updates.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
So this wasn't a windows update? Got it
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Real men test in prod
Johnny5@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
Everyone has a test environment but only a few separate prod
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 2 pts · 2y
And here I am having to deal with 4 environments.