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CrowdStrike effectively bricked windows, Mac and Linux today. (possumpat.io)
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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.

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[-] half@lemy.lol 26 points 3 months ago

Anecdotal, but my spouse was in surgery during the outage and it went fine, so I imagine they take precautions (like probably having a test machine for updates before they install anything on the real one, maybe)

[-] Blank@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

There were no test rings for this one and it wasn't a user controlled update. It was pushed by CS in a way that couldn't be intercepted/tested/vetted by the consumer unless your device either doesn't have CS installed or isn't on an external network.. or I suppose you could block CS connections at the firewall. 🤷‍♂️

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago

Depending on the machine, I guess it's likely that those aren't using Windoofs at all. I would be surprised if there were devices in use during surgery who run on that.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 13 points 3 months ago

Any critical devices should be airgapped while in service.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I assume these systems were not connected to any network. Same can't be said for the front desk systems though.

[-] newbeni@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Mine was in surgery yesterday. I hope yours is doing well.

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