Microsoft CrowdStrike Update: Global Outage Causes 'Blue Screen' Errors
Microsoft faced a global outage affecting its services, causing significant disruption for users. What caused the blue screen errors? Learn about the Microsoft CrowdStrike update and its impact.
Microsoft Windows users in countries such as India, Australia, Germany, the United States, Turkey, and the United Kingdom encountered a 'blue screen' error on their laptops!
This issue, which suddenly caused a major crisis, led to users' systems automatically restarting or completely shutting down. Tech giants like Dell Technologies stated that the cause of this crash was a recent CrowdStrike update.
The outage began on Thursday evening and affected Microsoft's central region in the United States.
The outage negatively impacted the core systems of American airlines such as American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and Sun Country, as well as airlines in India like THY, IndiGo, and others.
What is CrowdStrike?
CrowdStrike is a platform that provides cybersecurity solutions to users and businesses. Using a sensor and unified threat interface called Falcon Identity Threat Protection, it provides attack correlation across endpoints, workloads, and identities, and stops identity-focused breaches in real-time. This error is said to have occurred due to a malfunction in CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor conflicting with the Windows system. CrowdStrike acknowledged this error and stated that their engineers are working intensively to resolve the issue. The expected announcement came from the company's CEO, George Kurtz.
George Kurtz stated on X, "The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been implemented.
What is the Microsoft CrowdStrike Update?
Microsoft released the CrowdStrike update, which they had been working on for some time, to their users. This update from Microsoft was actually a security-focused update intended to make computers more secure. However, due to the 'blue screen' error, users reacted negatively to this update. Microsoft is aware of this issue and is working on a solution.
What is the 'Blue Screen' (BSOD)?
The 'Blue Screen' (BSOD) is a critical error screen seen in Windows operating systems. This error occurs when there is a serious issue that prevents the system from operating safely. When this error occurs, the computer restarts unexpectedly, risking the loss of unsaved data. This issue can be seen in operating systems like Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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