World screen "covered in green" because of Microsoft incident
TH (according to VnExpress)•July 20, 2024 14:55
Computer screens in many places around the world encountered the "blue screen of death" error after Microsoft's "cloud collapse" incident.
A blue error message appears on the departures floor of LaGuardia Airport in New York on July 19 after the CrowdStrike update was deployed on Windows systems. At this airport, as well as many other airports in the US, a series of flights were canceled due to "communication problems". Ticketing, boarding passes and other operations were severely disrupted.
On July 19, many large systems at airports, hospitals, and businesses using the Windows operating system suddenly encountered the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) error. The problem was determined to have originated from a software update by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. On social media, many people shared images of the blue screen and commented that it was "haunting".
A person walks past a faulty advertising screen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (USA). Other screens were turned off.
The airport is noted for having the most blue screens of death after an incident. Here is a screen error at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York
Also at the check-in counter of John F. Kennedy International Airport, a large number of passengers were stuck waiting to check in on July 19. Staff had to do it manually because the computer system was down.
Passengers stand in front of the "blue screen of death" at the airport in New Delhi (India)
Handwritten flight tickets due to incident at Indian airport
The problem spread to conference rooms. A group of New York office workers shared images of their computers turning blue.
Green screens also appear outside the fashion brand's billboards.
A card payment system failure occurred at a supermarket in Mexico. In addition to airports, restaurants, and supermarkets, the problem also caused some TV stations to stop broadcasting. Banking services and healthcare systems running Microsoft operating systems around the world were also paralyzed.
CrowdStrike has confirmed that an update to its Falcon Sensor software, which protects Windows computers, is causing the blue screen of death. In a recent ad, the company claimed that more than half of the Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike software.
On the afternoon of July 19, Microsoft announced that the problem had been fixed, but that it may still have some impact. According to analysts, this could be the biggest and most "devastating" connection outage ever.Reuters"This is a very, very disturbing illustration of the fragility of the world's critical internet infrastructure," said Professor Ciaran Martin at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and former director of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
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