- Microsoft users all over the world are experiencing a mistake screen referred to as the “blue screen of death,” as prevalent technology blackouts linger.
- “We’re aware of an issue with Windows 365 Cloud PCs caused by a recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software,” Microsoft stated on X.
Microsoft users all over the world are experiencing a mistake screen referred to as the “blue screen of death,” in the middle of continuing prevalent technology blackouts.
The U.S. modern technology titan was influenced by an upgrade from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike which resulted in a significant IT outage. Many various other services have actually likewise been impacted.
“We’re aware of an issue with Windows 365 Cloud PCs caused by a recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software,” Microsoft stated on its 365 Status X account.
It suggested impacted users to “restore their Windows 365 Cloud PC to a known good state prior to the release of the update (July 19, 2024)” and routed them to some on the internet directions.
In a different upgrade, Microsoft stated users might run into an insect check — referred to as BSOD, or heaven screen of fatality — “and get stuck in a restarting state.”
“We have received reports of successful recovery from some customers attempting multiple Virtual Machine restart operations on affected Virtual Machines,” the firm stated.
“The affected update has been pulled by CrowdStrike. Customers that are continuing to experience issues should reach out to CrowdStrike for additional assistance.”
CrowdStrike’s chief executive officer stated in a declaration on X that it was “actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.”
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” George Kurtz included.
Earlier, Microsoft had stated its cloud solutions had actually been recovered after an outage that impacted its Azure solutions and Microsoft 365 collection of applications in the main U.S. area. A business representative informed Dow Jones these are 2 various and nonrelated concerns: one connecting to Azure, and an additional connecting to CrowdStrike.
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