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lets push updates on a Friday, surely nothing could go wrong (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What happened?

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago

https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-australia-internet-banks-media-0a5f792b6571b37a35181d64028fefc4

An update to a cybersecurity software suite called CrowdStrike caused Windows machines to BSOD. CrowdStrike was big and monopolistic enough that it took out servees at large organizations worldwide.