CrowdStrike issue causes mass global tech disruptions

[DoggyDaddy]

I wondered why WTHR wasn't on air this morning and then I found this.

CrowdStrike issue causes mass global tech disruptions, grounding flights across the U.S.

In the U.S., the FAA said the airlines United, American, Delta and Allegiant had all been grounded.

www.wthr.com

Affecting airlines, emergency services, possibly ATMs, gas stations, etc..

 

[DoggyDaddy]

United, American, Allegiant and Delta have grounded flights.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Tell me again how great and secure "the cloud" is.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Found this on WTHR's facebook page.

 

[duanewade]

Our work is shutdown because of this.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Our work is shutdown because of this.

I just logged in to my work. No disruptions that I can see.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Live updates.

Widespread tech outage impacting central Indiana companies, flights | Live Updates

A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world Friday.

www.wthr.com

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Ironically, CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that is supposed to protect computer based systems around the globe. Hearing that they were doing some kind of update and that's what's causing the outage. (Wouldn't want to be *that* programmer!) It's not a cyberattack or hacking incident.

 

[Tryin']

The emergency services spokespeople are underplaying this…

 

[Expat]

They should’ve blamed Russian hackers. Everyone would have lapped that up.

 

[KellyinAvon]

They should’ve blamed Russian hackers. Everyone would have lapped that up.

I spun the wheel, time to blame the norks.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Looks like Speedway gas stations are impacted.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I just logged in to my work. No disruptions that I can see.

Same here. Cisco Any Connect is the squirrelly part (Windows updates cause issues) but everything worked.

 

[NyleRN]

My system at work is down. We're having to chart everything on paper. Welcome back to 2010

 

[Peacekeeper3073]

More hacker testing, preparing for the big one.

 

[firecadet613]

More hacker testing, preparing for the big one.

Yep. If you're impacted by this (work aside) - do something different to be better prepared.

Keep your gas tank full, etc.

IMO, more chaos will ensue before election day.

 

[radar8756]

Companies that use Enterprise systems - Test updates before Applying them to thousands of Users

 

[rhamersley]

 

[Mark-DuCo]

We only have 1 pc affected here at my factory, everyone else leaves their pc on and has auto updates turned off. Has there been a fix announced yet?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]