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Today I'm grateful I'm using Linux - Global IT issues caused by Crowdstrike update causes BSOD on Windows
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It's actually a "test things first and have a proper change control process" thing. Doesn't matter if it's open source, closed source scummy bullshit or even coded by God: you always test it first before hitting deploy.
And roll it out in a controlled fashion: 1% of machines, 10%, 25%...no issues? Do the rest.
How this didn't get caught by testing seems impossible to me.
The implementation/rollout strategy just seems bonkers. I feel bad for all of the field support guys who have had there next few weeks ruined, the sys admins who won't sleep for 3 days, and all of the innocent businesses that got roped into it.
A couple local shops are fucked this morning. Kinda shocked they'd be running crowd strike but also these aren't big businesses. They are probably using managed service providers who are now swamped and who know when they'll get back online.
One was a bakery. They couldn't sell all the bread they made this morning.
One shop I was at had a manual process going with cash only purchases.
That blew up when I ordered 3 things and the 'cashier' didn't know how to add them together. They didn't have calculator on Windows available🤣
I told them the total and change to give me, but lent them the calculator on my phone so they could verify for themselves 🤣