Jeff Brandt, Editor of PinHawk's Law Technology Digest Newsletter, discusses on Last Friday's big Microsoft & CrowdStrike issues that affected many across the world and nation. Jeff talks about all the events that happened Friday even the big apology from CrowdStrikes CEO, George Kurtz.
As one might expect, my PinHawk news feeds are full of stories about the Microsoft and CrowdStrike issues from Friday. Many organizations are still digging out from under the problems caused. Someone at CrowdStrike messed up and released a Falcon sensor update which caused Windows machines to crash. You'll be happy to know that George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, is really REALLY sorry about that. Almost at the same time someone at Microsoft made a configuration change in Azure causing a massive Microsoft 365 outage. A double whammy with world-wide ramifications. Read more at:
BLEEPINGCOMPUTER: Microsoft releases Windows repair tool to remove CrowdStrike driver
Silicon: Microsoft Outage Impacts Airlines, Media, Banks & Businesses Globally
BLEEPINGCOMPUTER: Major Microsoft 365 outage caused by Azure configuration change
Silicon: Crowdstrike CEO 'Deeply Sorry' For Global IT Outage
Published July 26, 2024.
