Global Outage: CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Machines – Key Information and Solutions
In mid-July 2024, a critical software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike led to a notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue that crippled thousands of Microsoft Windows machines across the globe. The far-reaching impact of the CrowdStrike fiasco, which made headlines in major news outlets like the New York Times, had a knock-on effect of bringing critical systems to a grinding halt in multiple industry sectors. The incident exposed the risks of pushing software updates without thorough quality assurance - and that's exactly what happened with the faulty software update pushed by CrowdStrike on July 19, 2024. Microsoft reckons that a staggering 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted, and the damage to the global economy is thought to be in the tens of billions of dollars - no less than $10 billion. The outage had far-reaching consequences, causing disruption to daily life, businesses and governments worldwide - among them airlines, banks and healthcare. Airline company servers and PCs, bank services and even TV broadcasting stations went dark, unable to restart. The full story of the CrowdStrike's software outage and its global repercussions can be read here.






