The problems began at 9pm yesterday and have spread throughout the night to all parts of the world. Microsoft’s global downfall It has caused incidents in the computer systems of a wide variety of companies and organizations, which shows the importance of a platform like Azurewhere the bug originated, in today’s Internet infrastructure, even though its name is unknown to most citizens.
Azure is the platform for Microsoft Cloud Services. It offers a wide range of business solutions These include cloud storage, databases, virtual machines to run applications and services, AI and Machine Learning services to create and run artificial intelligence applications, networks, web and mobile application services, security with tools and services to protect data and applications, and analytics and Big Data.
These services allow companies and developers Build, deploy, and manage applications and services across a global network of data centers managed by Microsoft. And as is becoming clear today, many of the ones we use daily depend on Azure and other similar platforms from companies like Google and Meta. Azure was launched by Microsoft in 2010 under the name of Windows Azure that changed in 2014 by the current one.
‘We have been informed of an issue affecting virtual machines running Windows Client and Windows Server, with CrowdStrike Agent Falconwhich may encounter a verification error (BSOD) and become trapped in a state of reset. We estimate that the impact began around 19:00 UTC (21:00 hours in Spain) on July 18,’ explains Microsoft on the page that reports the status of the Azure service. Other Microsoft services, such as Microsoft 365the cloud-based Office application suite that naturally uses Azure, has also been impacted.
Many users and companies have found that certain services and applications were not working. In the worst cases, the dreaded error appeared on their computers. Blue Screen of DeathBSOD for its acronym in English, which prevents you from using the computer and gives you the option of restarting it or using the operating system repair tools.
Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode: pic.twitter.com/DxdLyA9BLA
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 19, 2024
The fault appears to have originated from an update to CrowdStrike’s security software. This company offers solutions to protect companies from cyber attacks and George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike has assured in X that ‘CrowdStrike is actively working with customers affected by a flaw found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not affected. This is not a security incident or cyber attack.’
CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We…
— George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) July 19, 2024
The company says the problem has been identified and a fix has been implemented, but it does not fix computers already affected by BSODs. must be recovered by the companies’ IT administrators.