On Friday there was global Windows outagewhich the world will certainly remember for some time. It led to numerous problems in various sectors, including banks, airports and media. It even went so far as to cause the 911 emergency line to stop working in selected regions of the United States. How many computers were affected by the error?
Microsoft spoke out on the matter over the weekend, having closely monitored the problems from the very beginning and working with the culprit to find a solution. According to information provided by the Redmond giant, the failure affected as many as 8.5 million machines running Windows.
Microsoft added that this was Less than 1 percent of all Windows computers worldwide. It might seem like not much. In reality, the scale of the problem should be viewed differently.
Friday’s global outage did not directly affect Windows computers belonging to ordinary users, because the crisis was triggered by security solutions provider CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike solutions are used by companies and enterprises. This is where a huge computer failure occurred. It had wide economic and social consequences, because the company’s software is used by various entities providing many key services.
Firma CrowdStrike she admitted her mistake and on Saturday she published an extensive post on her own blog in which she apologized to customers and explained the causes of the crisis.
The global Windows outage was caused by CrowdStrike’s ill-fated Falcon update. This led to millions of computers having problems that prevented them from working properly. The machines began displaying errors manifesting themselves as blue screens of death (BSODs). A solution was also provided.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time CrowdStrike has been so negligent in its testing procedures. A few months ago, a faulty update caused problems with the proper operation of computers running selected Linux distributions. At that time, the scale of the problem was not as large as in the case of Friday’s Windows failure. However, the company should put more emphasis on the testing environment, which will help avoid similar situations in the future.
Source: geekweek.interia.pl
