Massive worldwide IT outage, hitting banks, airlines, supermarkets, broadcasters, etc. [19th July 2024]

[moochedit]

Jeez

Sorry for being thick but I guess the Liz Truss stuff is a joke right? I thought it was but can't tell - I don't really follow the news that much any more. Nobody could have been stupid enough to give her a job at Microsoft could they?

Opps sorry if we scared you

 

[bcuster]

Tbf bcuster may have only just got up

i'm just seeing all this now EDST

 

[frogwoman]

Opps sorry if we scared you

Yeah just a bit.

 

[cupid_stunt]

i'm just seeing all this now EDST

I was pullling your leg, for being late to the party.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Ok. Thanks. Real life is so bizarre that I honestly could not tell.

I totally get that, when I saw the Trump organisation ad for limited edition assassination trainers with a bloodstained pattern, I assumed it was fake, but it wasn't!

The world has gone mad.

 

[vinba]

Yeah, it's a joke.

Yes . She actually had a job doing software testing for Crowdstrike.. She saw the blue screens and thought "ah what a nice Conservative Colour".

Joke.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I totally get that, when I saw the Trump organisation ad for limited edition assassination trainers with a bloodstained pattern, I assumed it was fake, but it wasn't!

The world has gone mad.

You only just realised that?

 

[Chz]

On the plus side, it's cancelled the weekend power down we were meant to have. Which I'm grateful for, as it conflicted with me trying to get some time in with an old university friend I haven't seen in 20 years.

 

[cupid_stunt]

You only just realised that?

TBF, you probably thought the world had gone mad, when groats ceased to be currency.

 

[Sue]

A friend just sent me a job ad for Crowdstrike. They're hiring for my kind of role.

Well they were anyway. They may have just blown their recruitment budget.

 

[Sasaferrato]

A friend just sent me a job ad for Crowdstrike. They're hiring for my kind of role.

Well they were anyway. They may have just blown their recruitment budget.

I think they may have blown the entire company. Who is ever going to trust them again after this?

It does highlight though how dependant on IT that the modern world is, frighteningly so.

Maybe the government advice re having food stocks at home isn't so batshit crazy after all.

 

[DotCommunist]

I thought it was but can't tell

this is the news forever now. Trump got his ear pierced by a kid with an ar 15, is that a joke or not. Ah. Its real. What about that video where he's duetting with Kanye? fake, fake. Look they even got R Brand on the ivories and everyone knows he can't play a note etc etc

 

[2hats]

Cloud computing is WAY too vulnerable to hacking disruption

FTFY

Though it is degrees of swings and roundabouts to be fair. As always, strength and resilience in diversity.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I think they may have blown the entire company. Who is ever going to trust them again after this?

It does highlight though how dependant on IT that the modern world is, frighteningly so.

Maybe the government advice re having food stocks at home isn't so batshit crazy after all.

You mean tobyjug's advice was spot on?

Do we get to shoot 'boat happy' people now?

 

[DotCommunist]

FTFY

Though it is degrees of swings and roundabouts to be fair. As always, strength and resilience in diversity.

one of the points about modern politicos is they think of 'redundancy' as a thing that happens when people are being laid off, and in its other context they just see 'fat' to be 'trimmed'

red tape to be slashed. Agile ceremony your way out of this fuckup dickheads

 

[bcuster]

FTFY

Though it is degrees of swings and roundabouts to be fair. As always, strength and resilience in diversity.

Perhaps putting all your "eggs in in one basket" was not wise...

 

[vinba]

Ah well.. Our suppliers have just resolved their issues by rolling back.. Only the 6 hour stoppage and people standing round twiddling their thumbs..

 

[bcuster]

Crowdstrike statement

Statement on Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts - crowdstrike.com

www.crowdstrike.com

 

[teuchter]

The BBC has got some footage of airports looking like airports usually do on busy days. A passenger reports that someone cut into their queue; another reveals that they've had to wait for about an hour.

Absolute chaos.

Watch: Blue screens, queues and airport delays worldwide

Many flights have been grounded, with huge queues and delays at airports all over the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[two sheds]

yes I've been totally unaffected, overblown nonsense all of it

 

[Spymaster]

The BBC has got some footage of airports looking like airports usually do on busy days. A passenger reports that someone cut into their queue; another reveals that they've had to wait for about an hour.

They did a piece about the chaos at Delhi airport with the place looking significantly less hectic than any time I've been there.

 

[bcuster]

The BBC has got some footage of airports looking like airports usually do on busy days. A passenger reports that someone cut into their queue; another reveals that they've had to wait for about an hour.

Absolute chaos.

Watch: Blue screens, queues and airport delays worldwide

Many flights have been grounded, with huge queues and delays at airports all over the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

You are grossly understating the problem(s)

Global tech outage sparks computer chaos at O'Hare, Midway airports, hospitals, courts — even Starbucks

The problems also affected some Metra service, ticketing at local theaters and businesses. The culprit behind the mess was a faulty update that was pushed out from CrowdStrike, an online security firm whose software is used around the world across multiple industries.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[teuchter]

yes I've been totally unaffected, overblown nonsense all of it

It simply hasn't caused widespread chaos. It has caused a bit of disruption here and there. And the disruption has been less than we have seen with other IT outages in the past ten years or so.

The news outlets got over-excited about it this morning and have had to keep churning out reports to try and stop themselves looking silly. But all the reports just show that nothing very catastrophic has happened.

 

[Silas Loom]

You are grossly understating the problem(s)

Global tech outage sparks computer chaos at O'Hare, Midway airports, hospitals, courts — even Starbucks

The problems also affected some Metra service, ticketing at local theaters and businesses. The culprit behind the mess was a faulty update that was pushed out from CrowdStrike, an online security firm whose software is used around the world across multiple industries.

chicago.suntimes.com

He only does it to annoy because he knows it teases.

 

[tim]

I blame NATO/Putin/Deep State/Hilary/Dwyer

Yes, the latter now has too much free time on their hands.

Anyway, I think you'll find it's all to do with the delayed effect of the millennium bug.

 

[bcuster]

It simply hasn't caused widespread chaos. It has caused a bit of disruption here and there. And the disruption has been less than we have seen with other IT outages in the past ten years or so.

The news outlets got over-excited about it this morning and have had to keep churning out reports to try and stop themselves looking silly. But all the reports just show that nothing very catastrophic has happened.

 

[teuchter]

They did a piece about the chaos at Delhi airport with the place looking significantly less hectic than any time I've been there.

I've literally just seen someone off to Heathrow. The trains to Heathrow are running fine. Their flight is running fine. The airport website says to show up as normal.

 

[spitfire]

Here is the news.

Nothing happened today.

Good night.

 

[teuchter]

You are grossly understating the problem(s)

Global tech outage sparks computer chaos at O'Hare, Midway airports, hospitals, courts — even Starbucks

The problems also affected some Metra service, ticketing at local theaters and businesses. The culprit behind the mess was a faulty update that was pushed out from CrowdStrike, an online security firm whose software is used around the world across multiple industries.

chicago.suntimes.com

Such distressing stories

John Samuels’ UP-Northwest train was delayed by only 15 minutes into Ogilvie Station, but it was enough that he missed his connecting Metra train on the UP-North line. The 36-year-old electrical engineer said he’s now at least 45 minutes behind schedule and late for work.

What's shocking for that guy was just earlier this week, he suffered hardship on a similar scale to that caused by today's global meltdown of civilisation:

“It’s always something,” Samuels said, noting that a Metra train was late earlier this week for another issue.

 

[bcuster]

Thousands of techs have been working on the problem since last night; thank God they've made enough progress that you all can be dismissive, disrespectful and ungrateful...

This how you reacted to that 'little squabble" over in your colonies...