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CrowdStrike’s Blunder: 8.5 Million Windows Devices Crash in Epic Update Fail
CrowdStrike’s recent incident left 8.5 million Windows devices with the infamous blue screen of death. The cause? A content update gone rogue! CEO George Kurtz has reassured users it wasn’t a cyberattack, just an internal glitch, and promises better testing to avoid future chaos.
Hot Take:
When your software update makes 8.5 million computers go blue in the face, it’s safe to say you’ve had a ‘blue Monday’ no matter what day of the week it is. CrowdStrike just learned that the hard way!
Key Points:
- Incident caused by a content configuration update, not a cyberattack.
- Affected 8.5 million Windows devices worldwide on July 19.
- Problem traced to out-of-bounds memory reads, leading to blue screens of death.
- Impacted Windows hosts running sensor version 7.11 and above.
- CrowdStrike plans to enhance testing and deployment processes to prevent recurrence.
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