Mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media and banks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et

by larard • 2 years ago

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gnabgib2• 2 years ago

That's not the title? Likely related to Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops (update: caused by a Crowdstrike update) (184 points, 1 hour ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41002195

larard• 2 years ago

I think, as it is a live BBC page, the title is changing over time? It is now "Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage spreads, with airlines, media and banks hit"

gnabgib2• 2 years ago

There's no 74935 on the page? And other submissions match the title https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41002710

BHSPitMonkey• 2 years ago

Another large parallel discussion thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41002677

system2• 2 years ago

It is scary if all the core infrastructure is based on windows.

GardenLetter27• 2 years ago

Hopefully less will be after this!

ibeff• 2 years ago

lol

bawolff2• 2 years ago

It not neccesarily is. If the gate agent uses a windows laptop, the core infrastructure (servers) might not be windows, but if the laptop doesnt work its still "down" even if the servers are fine.

zhengiszen• 2 years ago

This lack of sovereignty is alarming in a lot of domains.

brylie• 2 years ago

Please remove the “74935 viewing “ from the beginning of the submission, since that is apparently a viewer count at the time of the HN posting.

mellosouls• 2 years ago

The "x viewing" has just mistakenly been copied in with the original title.

bawolff2• 2 years ago

I always thought crowdstrike type software was a scary piece of software.

It would make the perfect target for an attack. High privleged and used everywhere.

bostik• 2 years ago

All these endpoint protection solutions do complex things in the lowest levels of the OS and inside the kernel. Their MO is to inspect, intercept, block and/or modify calls made by other software on the system.

We used to have a name for software like that in the 1990's. We called them rootkits.

iforgotpassword• 2 years ago

But it checks a box somewhere so it has to be good. How can anyone run an IT infrastructure without buying a dozen "security" solutions in this day and age? Just designing your network with security in mind instead? Are you nuts?

andrewinardeer• 2 years ago

A wonderful target for a supply chain attack.

imp0cat• 2 years ago

Hmm, let's deploy this on friday, what could possibly go wrong?

I know it's a tired old meme, but it's still true. :)

1vuio0pswjnm7• 2 years ago

Outage resulted from a "security update".

Mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media and banks

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