A faulty update from CrowdStrike has caused widespread chaos, rendering hundreds of thousands of Windows computers and servers unusable across the globe, affecting major sectors like transport, broadcasting, finance, and retail. The glitch triggered an endless blue-screen-of-death loop, forcing IT teams to manually intervene, often needing to work through the weekend to resolve the issue. Airlines paused flights, and TV stations went offline, highlighting the massive impact of this incident. CrowdStrike has identified and isolated the problem, but recovery remains a daunting task for many organizations.

United, American, and Delta Airlines have all halted flights globally, and Sky News has been taken off the air in the United Kingdom.

What took place?

Its endpoint security agent, Crowdstrike, is now proven to be the source of what first appeared to be a Microsoft issue.

The broken update causes Windows hosts to enter a blue screen of death (BSOD) cycle, which can be av...