https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/07/19/...n-de-hand/
Google translated :
Microsoft users may be the biggest victims of the global tech problems, but the problem doesn't lie with the software giant. It appears to come from CrowdStrike, a security company. CrowdStrike's software, Falcon Sensor, allows you to analyze files you try to open on your computer system and prevent possible security breaches.
“Think of it as a very nice virus scanner,” says computer scientist Jeroen Baert, known from the podcast 'Nerdland'. "It patrols computers that people use and sees if there is other software nearby. CrowdStrike then has to protect you against viruses, hackers and almost any malware you can encounter."
But during a recent overnight update to that Falcon Sensor, something went wrong and Windows PCs and servers started crashing or going into a 'boot loop', endlessly rebooting. And if there's one thing that scares IT specialists, it's Microsoft's 'blue screen of death' (BSOD): the message that something has gone seriously wrong with the system. “Compare it to a police force in your city that suddenly starts to misbehave,” Baert chuckles. “Who are you sending there?!”
Google translated :
Microsoft users may be the biggest victims of the global tech problems, but the problem doesn't lie with the software giant. It appears to come from CrowdStrike, a security company. CrowdStrike's software, Falcon Sensor, allows you to analyze files you try to open on your computer system and prevent possible security breaches.
“Think of it as a very nice virus scanner,” says computer scientist Jeroen Baert, known from the podcast 'Nerdland'. "It patrols computers that people use and sees if there is other software nearby. CrowdStrike then has to protect you against viruses, hackers and almost any malware you can encounter."
But during a recent overnight update to that Falcon Sensor, something went wrong and Windows PCs and servers started crashing or going into a 'boot loop', endlessly rebooting. And if there's one thing that scares IT specialists, it's Microsoft's 'blue screen of death' (BSOD): the message that something has gone seriously wrong with the system. “Compare it to a police force in your city that suddenly starts to misbehave,” Baert chuckles. “Who are you sending there?!”
(07-19-2024, 10:08 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: https://x.com/SachabhartiyaRW/status/181...6343487994