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

[emanymton]

No issues for me at work.

I know the swift system went down yesterday, don't know if that is related or not.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Sky News has stumbled back on-air, with most of the screens in the background being out, two confused presenters having to read the news from sheets of paper.

Oh, hang on, they've have gone again.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Just last night, I pulled out a laptop I haven't used since something like 2014/15. It's still running XP

 

[Buddy Bradley]

 

[tommers]

I like stuff like this cos tech bros all float about talking about thought leadership and functionality and rolling out road maps and scrums and stand ups and how clever everyone is and then somebody fucks up an update in a company they didn't even realise they use and nothing works any more.

I mean, I don't like the real world consequences. But it appeals to my cynicism.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Because corporations manage endpoint security using products like crowd strike, that can manage hundreds of thousands of machines on a network - when an error occurs on the agent managing the software it has a domino effect.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Online payment systems are affected, at least Nationwide cards don't work.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

You can always summon a BsOD.

I thought the BSOD went out with Windows Vista

 

[Artaxerxes]

Fortunately my IT dept seems to be unaffected which means a Friday drinking coffee and giggling at the rest of the world

 

[cupid_stunt]

Reports of outages hitting 911 services across the pond, that's not good!

 

[Silas Loom]

Reports of outages hitting 911 services across the pond, that's not good!

Good time to take a second crack at DJT?

 

[Elpenor]

All working fine here in my part of the public sector

 

[Buddy Bradley]

This is what Y2K was supposed to be like.

 

[planetgeli]

Card/cash machines going down for any length of time will soon induce looting/rioting.

Hopefully.

 

[brogdale]

Cash only at my local shop and cash machine already run out!

off to cash thread---->

 

[moochedit]

An anti virus vendor has rolled out an update that crashes windows 10 computers.

Which one?

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Which one?

CrowdStrike. It's unlikely to affect any individuals, it's a corporate network thing.

 

[moochedit]

Just last night, I pulled out a laptop I haven't used since something like 2014/15. It's still running XP

Look what you've done

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Sometimes going with the most impressive vendors is not always best.
It will stop them giving stupid names to Advanced Persistent Threat Groups for a while.

 

[moochedit]

CrowdStrike

Cheers. Never heard of them.

 

[two sheds]

Masterstroke by their PR department to raise their Corporate Visibility

 

[Petcha]

 

[A380]

Seems we get a “bank holiday” without having to do that troublesome Euro 2024 win.

I presume you are deep in the U75 cyber bunker working frantically at a bank of 12 monitors that they have in the films which project green text onto your face saying things like ‘it’s a hyperworm and it’s got through the third firewall infrastructure, it’s all I can do to keep it out of knobing and sobbing’ whilst Editor stands behind you fielding panicked angry calls from the likes of Pickman's model and teuchter .

Thank you for your service.

 

[JimW]

First Saint Donald and now my solitaire game; these are dark times.

 

[tommers]

Masterstroke by their PR department to raise their Corporate Visibility

Somewhere some goon in a VC meeting room is asking how they can turn this into a positive.

 

[A380]

Can someone techie summarise the problem for us non-techie folk?

And tell us if they have tried turning it off and then on again?

 

[two sheds]

I did just idly wonder what sort of pre-testing companies like this do before releasing changes globally.

 

[Petcha]

I did just idly wonder what sort of pre-testing companies like this do before releasing changes globally.

You would think they test fairly thoroughly. I mean. 911 calls in the US are fucked and they've grounded most flights. This is quite bad.

 

[Lazy Llama]

I presume you are deep in the U75 cyber bunker working frantically at a bank of 12 monitors that they have in the films which project green text onto your face saying things like ‘it’s a hyperworm and it’s got through the third firewall infrastructure, it’s all I can do to keep it out of knobing and sobbing’ whilst Editor stands behind you fielding panicked angry calls from the likes of Pickman's model and teuchter .

Thank you for your service.

Well, sitting at home idly looking at 4 monitors smirking that people still think running services on a Windows machine is a good idea in 2024. There but for the grace of Zod.....

 

[planetgeli]

Lol. BBC keeping us fully informed on the important issues from where their journalists live. Apparently buying a croissant in Highgate just got a little harder.

In the UK, Gail's unable to take in-store payments

In the UK, bakery and coffee shop chain Gail's is reporting problems.
A sign outside the window of its Swain's Lane shop in London says it is unable to take in-store payments.
Users on social media have also reported being unable to make payments at other Gail's outlets.