Widespread Windows Crashes Due to Crowdstrike Updates, (Fri, Jul 19th)
Last night, endpoint security company Crowdstrike released an update that is causing widespread "blue screens of death" (BSOD) on Windows systems. Crowdstrike released an advisory, which is only available after logging into the Crowdstrike support platform. A brief public statement can be found here.
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