#but also doesnt necessarily mean your work computer is gonna be unusable. mine is fine. except for all the websites. those are down

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[ID: The "Welcome back" reincarnation meme. First is "Born 2000" which is a screenshot of the Year 2000 Problem Wikipedia page. Second is "Born 2024" which is a screenshot of search results showing, "Global outage hits cyber security firm Crowdstrike." Bottom text reads, "Welcome Back Y2K." /End ID.]

died 2000 born 2024 welcome back y2k!! (crowdstrike)

[bowenoke]

Someone asked, so if you're on the western hemisphere and waking up to read your dashboard like it's the morning news, I'll summarize; Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company that works closely with Microsoft, rolled out a bad update last night.

Some- not all- machines are impacted, and by 4am EST there's a workaround if you are (boot in safe mode, delete a specific file.) The main issue if you personally prefer to use your phone or your computer works alright is all the owners of your favorite websites might not be so lucky.

The problem: your bank probably runs on Microsoft. Your workplace runs on Microsoft. Your doctors. Your airports and trains and bus hubs. They alll have to either swap to Linux or boot in safe mode. On every machine.

The good news: if you're just waking up now, you missed the worst part of it (when no one was sure why nothing was working.) Save your receipts today, and expect delays in transit, and you're probably gonna have a slightly weird but perfectly okay day.

died 2000 born 2024 welcome back y2k!! (crowdstrike)