Global IT Outage Disrupts Services At Airports, Banks; Millions Of Microsoft Windows Users See Blue Screen Of Death

PCs into the Blue Screen of Death of BSOD mode. The issue has been faced globally with users in countries like the US, Europe and even India highlighting the problem with their Windows PCs as the systems have gone kaput in the middle of their work day.

Windows PC Outage – What Caused This

Many Windows users have complained on forums like Reddit about their PC randomly restarting and switching the Blue screen error mode which makes the PCs unusable. The issue seems widespread and causing disruption across the board as Windows PCs are deployed at workplaces, and other public entities like airlines, banks, and even media companies. It has been pointed out that Windows PCs use a special cybersecurity solution from a company called CrowdStrike that seems to be the culprit for this outage, affecting most Windows PC users out there.

CrowdStrike Problems Disrupt Windows PCs

The biggest reason for the Windows PC BSOD error is that CrowdStrike is facing a massive outage in its core product called Falcon that runs on these PCs for security of the Windows computers. The cybersecurity firm has seemingly confirmed the issue at its end and talked about its engineers working at full speed to get this issue fixed at the earliest. The company also says Windows users don’t need to report or file a ticket for the issue as it is aware about the problem with Falcon and it will inform users when the issue is resolved.

Windows PC security is heavily reliant on CrowdStrike solutions, not only to update the versions and offer patches but also detect any possible threats that could cause havoc on the systems.

Windows Error Outage – Which Services Are Affected

Going by the scale of this global outage and the issues faced by all Microsoft customers, the CrowdStrike issue seems to have affected a wide range of sectors such as the following:

– Airlines in India and other countries

– London Stock Exchange

– Banking institutions

– 911 emergency services in the US

– Microsoft Azure customers

– Media companies using Windows services

What Users Are Saying

The Windows PC outage has caused massive uproar on social media, where some people are happy about getting an early weekend break, others not pleased with the timing of the outage in the middle of important work and meetings.

We’ll update this copy with CrowdStrike share details about the outage and how it fixed it.