CrowdStrike effectively bricked windows, Mac and Linux today.

Windows machines won’t boot, and Mac and Linux work is abandoned because all their users are on twitter making memes.

Incredible work.

  • danc4498@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    So, do all windows machines use this, or do you have to add this software?

    • hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz
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      4 months ago

      It seems to be an enterprise product, meaning normal users might not have been affected. I wouldn’t personnaly be able to confirm since I usually have 1-2 month uptime on my windows machine.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        Their computers may not be affected, but their everyday lives might be. Some of the affected services include 911, stoplights, banks, hospitals, and a whole other smorgasbord of stuff.

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      4 months ago

      It’s a general security solution. They run on Mac and Linux as well. It just happened that crowdstrike only released the broken update for windows.