Crowdstrike outage

[HomerJ]

 

[AccidentalDenz]

As interesting as that one is, the 5 day history shows the real damage to the company!

 

[SpyderTracks]

I do have to wonder if it was just one person who pushed out the update which broke everything, or if it was a perfect storm of a few different issues all colliding at once which took everything down. I've seen a few discussions on Twitter along those lines and there doesn't seem to be a consensus - I am aware that Twitter might not be the most reliable for answers of this particular nature, but it is entertaining trying to figure it out on there!

This is what I don't get.

With any reputable software development cycle there should be a second approval stage in house where the updated code is verified.

These days also, most code repositories are consistently scanned by AI for errors

AND, for something of this nature, given the high security networks their code was going into, I would have expected there to be an independent 3rd stage verification step, possibly being Microsoft (who definitely use AI to scan code changes)

So something pretty major cocked up in the process.

 

[HomerJ]

 

[HomerJ]

This is what I don't get.

With any reputable software development cycle there should be a second approval stage in house where the updated code is verified.

These days also, most code repositories are consistently scanned by AI for errors

AND, for something of this nature, given the high security networks their code was going into, I would have expected there to be an independent 3rd stage verification step, possibly being Microsoft (who definitely use AI to scan code changes)

So something pretty major cocked up in the process.

is this the first time this has happened with crowdstrike and if so why, as you say what went wrong.

 

[SpyderTracks]

is this the first time this has happened with crowdstrike and if so why, as you say what went wrong.

AFAIK it is, it's the first time I've heard of them TBH, given their market worth, I'm surprised they're not better publicised, I get they're doing back end work, but Cloudflare basically construct the backbone of the internet, no one needs to know about them, yet they're a household name (amongst nerds (who rule the world))

 

[HomerJ]

i wonder if companies will start suing crowdstrike, as if it was there update then thats a lot of money businesses are losing at the moment

 

[SpyderTracks]

i wonder if companies will start suing crowdstrike, as if it was there update then thats a lot of money businesses are losing at the moment

Yeah, unquestionably, they'll have to pay out across the board, would expect a class action lawsuit at the very least.

 

[HomerJ]

homer laughed when on the crowdstrike website it says "experienced a breach at the top" people be messaging like "yeah, by you"

 

[Scott]

Talking conspiracy, what about all that spam the other week when @Scott was on holiday, and now he's back its stopped

I aint taking the hit for this crowdstrike!!

#OffTillMonday

 

[HomerJ]

Yeah, unquestionably, they'll have to pay out across the board, would expect a class action lawsuit at the very least.

probably going to get sued

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[SpyderTracks]

Ok, now this is interesting

The CEO of Crowdstrike just happens to be the CTO at McAfee during this issue in 2010 on XP machines...

Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs

Oops, they did it again. Early this morning, McAfee released an update to its antivirus definitions for corporate customers that mistakenly deleted a crucial Windows XP file, sending systems into a reboot loop and requiring tedious manual repairs. It's not the first strike for the company...

www.zdnet.com

This issue was so big for McAfee, they were put up for sale to Intel as a result of the aftermath.

McAfee-caused PC meltdown and Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage have a common connection

www.newsbytesapp.com

 

[AccidentalDenz]

Ok, now this is interesting

The CEO of Crowdstrike just happens to be the CTO at McAfee during this issue in 2010 on XP machines...

Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs

Oops, they did it again. Early this morning, McAfee released an update to its antivirus definitions for corporate customers that mistakenly deleted a crucial Windows XP file, sending systems into a reboot loop and requiring tedious manual repairs. It's not the first strike for the company...

www.zdnet.com

This issue was so big for McAfee, they were put up for sale to Intel as a result of the aftermath.

McAfee-caused PC meltdown and Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage have a common connection

www.newsbytesapp.com

Ah McAfee, the company that just won't die!

 

[HomerJ]

Ah McAfee, the company that just won't die!

no but anyones pc will

 

[HomerJ]

you dont say

Crowdstrike: Global cyber agencies warn about scammers

Agencies in the UK and Australia are warning people to be vigilante to fake emails, calls and websites.

www.bbc.com

 

[HomerJ]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/21/business/crowdstrike-outage-cost/index.html

 

[AccidentalDenz]

Read through this thread earlier - kinda puts things in perspective

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[SpyderTracks]

This is really interesting, @ubuysa you may want to watch this, an in depth review of the CrowdStrike issue including dump file analysis

 

[TonyCarter]

Notice at 0:39 he mentions "pulling out the old MacBook" to do some research. Seems even Windows devs prefer Mac

 

[HomerJ]

Microsoft blames EU rules for its inability to lock down Windows following CrowdStrike incident

EU rules may have indirectly amplified recent outage

www.techradar.com