An IT issue caused by a faulty update is began wreaking havoc with Windows machines worldwide early Friday morning, knocking companies and banks offline and grounding planes at various airports. The problem appears to have been caused by an update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike. The issue seems to put affected machines into a recovery boot loop that prevents them from starting properly. CrowdStrike is used by businesses around the world, including banks and airports, and the resulting chaos is making global headlines. As a result of the update, machines failed to load this throughout the morning of July 19, causing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to appear and knocking countless systems offline. While CrowdStrike says it has implemented a fix to the fault that was rolled out overnight, this will only stop more machines from crashing. It can't help those already affected and it remains to be seen just how much damage has been done once the dust settles. As the day went on, ...
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