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Microsoft Systems Crash and Planes Are Grounded

July 22, 2024
A cybersecurity update caused a massive Microsoft outage, showing the Boomer-run world is still powered by Windows.
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On Friday, 8.5 million Microsoft Windows machines were affected by an outage following an antivirus security update.

CrowdStrike, the Austin-based cybersecurity firm that helmed the update, took responsibility for the...
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Show transcript
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I feel like we all saw this but also if you didn't
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maybe you were affected by this outage.
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Did you see this?
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Yeah, I mean,
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I saw it on Twitter.
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I even saw XX.
00:09
Sorry XX. I saw it on tiktok.
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I even saw it on an IG reel and you know,
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things take a while to get to.
00:16
So that's how, you know,
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it was big news.
00:19
True. So the world continues to recover from massive business and
00:23
travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike
00:30
That's crazy. The crazy thing is that like everything or
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so many things are running on Microsoft.
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It's like wild again.
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Half the world they shut down.
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Airplanes were down all that stuff.
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It was a massive disruption because everything's depending on Microsoft.
00:44
Apparently. Yes. So apparently Microsoft said that 8.5 million devices
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running its windows operating system were affected by the faulty cybersecurity update
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Friday. It led to worldwide disruptions 8.5 million.
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That's a lot devices and phones and airplane computers.
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That's terrifying to think about.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Imagine you're on an airplane all of a sudden.
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Oh, I can't see like you,
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you the, the map in front of you just goes that
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screen. I would,
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I would, it shows this like your TV,
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show it shows the blue screen.
01:15
Yeah, you're just trying to watch Magic Mike and like error
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I would die.
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I would like, I would start praying.
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Yeah, I would turn to God.
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well, important because you need to make sure you
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get your prescriptions refilled and have any medications you need on hand
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outages. Like this can actually cause disruptions to supply chains and
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access to your medical records.
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So make sure you have what you need to stay healthy.
01:40
Ladies, Ozempic users stock up award season is coming,
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you know, we're all staying skinny so you know,
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do what you gotta do for sure.
01:50
No, but it's crazy because again,
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everything was down. Do you see any videos any like pictures
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of people celebrating the outage or like I'm not gonna expose
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my people but there's a couple of offices that depended on Microsoft
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and well, you know,
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you can't work when Microsoft is down.
02:07
That's a, that's a day off in the books,
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you know, and I saw a bunch of blue screens people
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like I, I'm bummed.
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I mean, I'm not bummed.
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I mean, as long as they got paid,
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that's cool. As long as they got paid.
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Good three day weekend.
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Thanks to Microsoft. Shout out Microsoft,
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what's the guy from Microsoft's Bill Gates?
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Bill Gates. He was just in a scandal.
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Here's another 10, well,
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there you go.