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2024-07-19 16:21:29 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The incident was not a cyber attack, it was a bug caused by an update of the CrowdStrike security system which causes some windows computers to blue screen and not start. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/07/19/crowdstrike-windows-outage-what-happened-and-what-to-do-next/

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  • summary
    • The incident was not a cyber attack, it was a bug caused by an update of the CrowdStrike security system which causes some windows computers to blue screen and not start. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/07/19/crowdstrike-windows-outage-what-happened-and-what-to-do-next/