Tag: CrowdStrike

Mass IT outage: here's a list of companies and operations affected

A huge global IT outage is disrupting flights, banks, retailers, and media outlets.The widespread disruptions have been linked to an issue with the...

CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affected

The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United...

CrowdStrike’s rivals stand to benefit from its update fail debacle

The CrowdStrike debacle — a bug in the company’s Windows software that had the disastrous effect of rendering PCs unusable — has disrupted...

I'm a software engineer stranded in the IT outage airport chaos. CrowdStrike broke a cardinal rule of software development and I can't believe the...

Ahmed Al Sharif has worked in software engineering and consumer electronics for decades.The CTO found himself caught up in the outage-induced travel chaos...

Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally

Businesses across the world are reporting IT outages, including Windows “blue screen of death” errors on their computers, in what has already become...

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

Air traffic for many airlines ground to a halt after a buggy update from CrowdStrike took down Windows computers around the world. At...