Microsoft Faces New Outages Weeks After CrowdStrike Chaos

30 Jul 2024

Less than two weeks after a global outage, Microsoft is facing another major setback, affecting its 365 services, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The company announced it is "currently investigating access issues and degraded performance with multiple Microsoft 365 services and features" in a statement shared on X on Tuesday....

Microsoft Outage: Government Issues Warning to Block 25 ‘Dangerous URLs’

30 Jul 2024

Earlier this month, a major disruption affected businesses worldwide due to a flawed security update provided by the US-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike for Microsoft Windows machines. This problematic update led to significant issues for airlines, banks, hospitals, and other essential services, impacting approximately 8.5 million Windows systems globally. Both Microsoft...

Crowdstrike Offers $10 Gift Card As An Apology For Causing Inconvenience

25 Jul 2024

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has recently expressed willingness to provide a $10 gift card as an apology for causing inconvenience. This development comes around the time, when CrowdStrike is considered responsible for the crash of 8.5 million computers worldwide. Furthermore, some of the people have also gotten an email from the...

Indian-Origin Man Claims to Be Fired from CrowdStrike Amid IT Outage, Sparks Meme Frenzy

22 Jul 2024

On Friday, a major IT outage affected banks, airlines, and other sectors globally. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm based in Austin, Texas, was linked to the issue, which was later attributed to a defect in a Windows content update. I got fired from CrowdStrike today :( I am not really sure...

Scammers Exploit IT Outage: What You Need To Know

21 Jul 2024

Cybersecurity experts and agencies worldwide are warning everyone about a wave of opportunistic hacking attempts linked to the recent global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike. While there is no evidence that the outage itself was due to malicious activity, some hackers are trying to take advantage of the situation. Hacking...

Global Tech Glitch Seen As A Positive Test for Paris Olympics 2024 By IOC

21 Jul 2024

PARIS, July 20 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday that a recent global tech outage, which disrupted many services including parts of the Paris Olympics preparations, served as a valuable test for the upcoming Games. The Tech Outage A software update from CrowdStrike, a major global...

WATCH – CrowdStrike CEO Struggles in Answering Questions on Live TV; Users Question His Composure

21 Jul 2024

In one of the most significant IT failures ever recorded, a global technological outage on Friday brought Microsoft services to a halt, affecting millions of users worldwide. The disruption impacted a wide range of services, including flight operations, cloud services, and Office 365 apps. The root cause of the disruption...

Why Home Computers Were Unaffected By The Global IT Outage?

20 Jul 2024

A massive IT outage has disrupted computer systems globally, impacting banks, media organizations, hospitals, transport services, retail checkouts, airports, and more in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This outage, which occurred on Friday, is notable for its unprecedented scale and severity. The affected computers have been rendered almost entirely useless...

What is CrowdStrike? How Did It Lead to Global IT Outage? – Explained

20 Jul 2024

A global technology outage on Friday grounded flights, disrupted health services, crashed payment systems, and blocked access to Microsoft services in what experts believe is one of the largest IT failures in history. The cause of the disruptions originated from a cybersecurity firm called CrowdStrike, which provides software to a...

“Largest Outage in History” Caused by CrowdStrike Might Take Weeks to Resolve

20 Jul 2024

A catastrophic IT failure, described as the "largest outage in history," wreaked havoc worldwide on Friday, disrupting airports, healthcare services, and businesses. The disruption resulted from a botched software upgrade affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating system, executed by US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Flights were grounded, hospital appointments cancelled, payroll systems seized...