CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops • Hacker News Board

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by aenis » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:34 AM UTC

VargaLand wrote: post #6

According to Reddit It's hitting Croatia, Philippines, US, Germany, Mexico, India, Japan. SAP servers dropping like flies, that's Defence,Banks, Payroll all affected. Major Retail Chains like Big W down.

We have outages across whole APAC and most EMEA. Despite being a very big client of CS, we do not have an official resolution yet, an hour into the incident.

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by dalmo3 » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:38 AM UTC

Looks like this also took down half of New Zealand's economy.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bank-problems-reports-bnz-asb-...

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by starkindustries » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:42 AM UTC

dalmo3 wrote: post #42

Looks like this also took down half of New Zealand's economy. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bank-problems-reports-bnz-asb-...

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Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by starkindustries » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:44 AM UTC

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Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by jdleel » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:44 AM UTC

jamesbfb wrote: post #4

Our company is in panic mode. 15 machines blue screened for no apparent reason and stuck in boot loop. I’m a gloating Linux user :) Also in Australia

I think there are companies with 10000+ or probably more

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by jafru » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:45 AM UTC

"F8 + last known good configuration" worked for us

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by gamma032 » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:46 AM UTC

The biggest mistake here is running a global update on a Friday. Disrespect to every sysadmin worldwide.

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by Napsty » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:47 AM UTC

ajdlinux wrote: post #8

Starting to get media coverage: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/technology-shutdown-a...

yep spreading quickly now.

https://www.geekersdigest.com/windows-blue-screen-crash-caus... https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/latest-crowd...

This is gonna be a tough Friday for IT departments...

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by Taniwha » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:48 AM UTC

dalmo3 wrote: post #42

Looks like this also took down half of New Zealand's economy. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bank-problems-reports-bnz-asb-...

Satellite TV channels too

Re: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

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Post by poshlandpro » Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:50 AM UTC

Official CrowdStrike workarround: 1. Boot Windows into Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment 2. Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike directory 3. Locate the file matching “C-00000291*.sys”, and delete it. 4. Boot the host normally.