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Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] jumjummy 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Don’t worry, if it had broken in Linux, these same posters would be railing on CrowdStrike directly, but since it broke on Windows, obviously Microsoft is to blame.