Windows/CrowdStrike outage: Live updates on today’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ fallout

As a fix is deployed, how long will the outage continue?

With the widespread outage having touched almost every service and business associated with CrowdStrike, even after normal service resumes, there’ll be a considerable disruption to regular services as companies begin to play catch up from the day’s troubles.

While it appears that several services are returning to working order, airlines will likely be among he industries left reeling from the disruption as flights seek to resume as normal and passengers look for updates on delayed journeys. 

CrowdStrike issue steps to resolve issue to affected businesses

CrowdStrike has contacted customers to inform them of actions they can take to workaround the ongoing outage. Though as some have pointed out, CrowdStrike’s process won’t be a simple set maneuvers for all, meaning we can’t expect full recovery a once.

Today’s outage could have severe knock-on effects, and should raise plenty of questions about the widespread adoption and reliance on a single source for such vital software.

In a statement sent by email, CrowdStrike confirmed that the fault had ben identified, saying it was “actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.”

CrowdStrike went on to confirm that its services were secure and that a fix was inbound, stating: “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”

Worldwide disruption for internet services

Online service tracker DownDetector reports numerous spikes and rises in reported services disruptions across multiple businesses, with banking, communication, and cloud services being among the most impacted.

Stores struggle in the wake of CrowdStrike outage

Today’s ongoing issue was first reported in Australia, though the outage continued to grow as Europe, the UK, and eventually the US all began suffering from the same service disruptions.

Even stores have been impacted by the outage, with this scene from Australia showing self service machines locked into a BSoD.

Airlines hit hard as flights are grounded amid communication issues

Airlines from China to India and the US have all seen major disruptions, with Delta, United, and American Airlines all grounding planes due to reported communication issues.

An image shared by Future Publishing Exec Kevin Addley shows the BSoD issue currently impacting display boards, causing delays and disruptions at JFK airport — a situation many seeking to travel today may become familiar with unless the issue is quickly resolved and its after effects resolved.

A global outage puts banks, TV stations, stores, airlines, and more into disarray

In what some have called the biggest IT outage in years, Americans are waking up to a world in disarray as businesses and services struggle to recover from a global issue that has resulted in Windows workstations and terminals showing ‘DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER’ Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) errors.