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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201717/windows-bsod-crowdstrike-outage-issue">https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201717/windows-bsod-crowdstrike-outage-issue</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>DaZZa<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 19, 2024 8:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> Luke Thompson <luke.t@tnc.works><br><b>Cc:</b> AusNOG <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Global Outage - CrowdStrike? What's the story?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Crowdstrike pushed a bad update which sends windows machine into a BSOD loop <o:p></o:p></p><p>So far, the only way of fixing it is to manually boot *every* effected machine into safe mode and delete the offending file.<o:p></o:p></p><p>It's broken banks, airports, TV playout systems, ServiceNSW was completely unable to service anything - and it's world wide *anywhere* Crowdstrike is used on windows - servers or workstations.<o:p></o:p></p><p>It's going to be an ugly weekend for any org who uses it!<o:p></o:p></p><p>D<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 19 July 2024, 6:10 pm Luke Thompson, <<a href="mailto:luke.t@tnc.works">luke.t@tnc.works</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>G'day,<br><br>Just curious about what's amiss, a few things lined up this arvo:<br><br>1. Banks advising that there is an outage impacting payments etc.<br><br>2. Telstra MVNO Support advising that they have no internet right now.<br><br>3. There is a spike of problems reported on Down Detector, now calming:<br><br><a href="https://downdetector.com.au/" target="_blank">https://downdetector.com.au/</a> (Google to AWS to CBA/NAB, Xero, Uber, NBN...)<br><br>Wondering if anyone can share any insights into what's happening this <br>afternoon BTS or otherwise?<br><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960</a><br><br>Cheers,<br>Luke<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>