A huge tech outage on Friday impacted airlines, medical services, banks, grocery stores, and more. It was caused by a bad update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which caused Microsoft machines to show the dreaded “blue screen of death.”
Here’s how that’s looking around the world:
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Stuck at the airport for a redeye due to a CrowdStrike update which caused a massive outage worldwide…. You get a Blue Screen of Death You get a Blue Screen of Death You get a Blue Screen of Death You get a Blue Screen of Death pic.twitter.com/Oi5O2iynYs
— 𝐻𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠®🪇 (@JTerryy07) July 19, 2024
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Whiteboards being used at @belfastairport as all the screens are blue. Passenger Martin McElroy took this, and told us that it’s like “the dark ages, but to be fair they’re making it work, which you have to give them credit for.” #outage pic.twitter.com/FfSmEHCvuO
— Stephen Murphy (@SMurphyTV) July 19, 2024
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Petersfield @waitrose is among the stores unable to process card payments this morning. It’s linked to the global IT outage. People have been queuing at nearby Santander for cash. pic.twitter.com/kg7v9rZwp4
— Petersfield’s Shine Radio (@shineradio) July 19, 2024
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Crazy night at SFO. #BSOD everywhere and all flights cancelled. Have called 10 hotels to get a room, they are either fully booked or their systems are down also. pic.twitter.com/8XXHtuSdjU
— Trevor Uptain (@trevoruptain) July 19, 2024
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