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Weeks After “Blue Screen Of Death”, Cyberattack Causes New Microsoft Outage

August 1, 2024 admin

The July 19 outage impacted airlines across the world. Less than two weeks after global outage, dubbed as “blue screen of death”, Microsoft suffered another similar incident, which the company said was triggered by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack. According to Forbes, the latest attack was reported by several users on Tuesday in…

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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity firm’s role in global Microsoft tech outage

July 23, 2024 admin

Republicans who lead the House Homeland Security committee said Monday they want answers soon [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected…

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The Microsoft Windows ‘Glitch’ Is Actually A Warning For Today’s Tech

July 20, 2024 admin

Imagine a scene from Neuromancer: hackers breaking in, causing chaos with every keystroke. Now, flash back to this Friday. That sci-fi scenario? It’s suddenly not so fictional. A botched software update has just thrown real life into disarray. Planes grounded, emergency lines jammed, and check-in counters swamped with long, snaking lines of frustrated travellers. The…

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US Issues Warning On Microsoft Outage, Satya Nadella Says ‘Working’

July 20, 2024 admin

Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella said they are “working” to safely bring systems back online. San Francisco: US cybersecurity agency CISA has issued a warning that hackers are trying to take advantage of Microsoft outage for phishing and other malicious activity. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said today that they are “working” to safely bring…

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Vincent Flibustier, The Fake CrowdStrike Worker Who Crippled Windows Users Worldwide

July 20, 2024 admin

Vincent Flibustier’s photo went viral within minutes and already has nearly 4 lakh likes. New Delhi: “What is CrowdStrike? Why is my Windows computer showing the Blue Screen of Death? Who is responsible for the biggest-ever IT outage?” These are questions that have dominated conversations across the globe after a Microsoft error brought Windows computers…

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Airports Clearing Backlog After Global IT Chaos, Centre Shares An Update

July 20, 2024 admin

The outage, attributed to an update by CrowdStrike, disrupted Microsoft’s Windows systems. New Delhi: Airports across India are still grappling with issues from yesterday’s massive Microsoft outage. Although the situation has improved significantly since Friday’s chaotic scenes, passengers continue to face challenges, particularly at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI). At Delhi’s IGI Airport’s Terminal…

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CrowdStrike CEO Says “Deeply Sorry” For Tech Outage: Report

July 19, 2024 admin

The company “would make sure every customer is fully recovered,” said George Kurtz CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized for a global tech failure that disrupted multiple industries on Friday, vowing to work with all of its customers as they work to get their operations back online. “We’re deeply sorry for the impact that we’ve caused…

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Centre Issues Advisory On Microsoft Windows Outage

July 19, 2024 admin

Centre issued an advisory on the Microsoft Windows outage due to CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’. New Delhi: The Centre today issued an advisory on the outage of Microsoft Windows owing to CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’ update. Union Minister for Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnav informed about the advisory on X social media platform,…

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Microsoft CrowdStrike outage: Only 10 banks and NBFCs had minor disruptions, says RBI

July 19, 2024 admin

A logo of RBI inside its office in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Microsoft said on July 19 that it is investigating a host of issues with Azure in the Central U.S. region, but users in India, and globally, are also raising complaints. The outage has caused disruptions in air traffic, forcing airports…

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Catching A Flight Amid Microsoft Outage? Here’s How To Prepare

July 19, 2024 admin

Airports across the country have been affected by the Microsoft outage New Delhi: A Microsoft outage has crippled air travel across the world and several airports have suspended operations as airlines struggle to provide services such as online booking, web check-ins and flight status updates. Airlines are now checking in passengers manually and issuing handwritten…

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