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Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike pushed an update that caused millions of Windows computers to enter recovery mode, triggering the blue screen of death. Learn ...

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (27 children)

Whoda thunk automatic updates to critical infrastructure was a good idea? Just hope healthcare life support was not affected.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I work healthcare adjacent and some providers were affected as expected. Hoping as well that those critical systems were not, but that chance is non zero.

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