CrowdStrike effectively bricked windows, Mac and Linux today.

Windows machines won’t boot, and Mac and Linux work is abandoned because all their users are on twitter making memes.

Incredible work.

  • Revan343@lemmy.ca
    244·
    4 months ago

    Companies use the same software on Linux and Mac systems, and it’s a kernel module there as well; this could have happened to any OS that companies are using it on, it just happened to happen on Windows.

    Giving kernel access to outside software is always a risk; these companies chose to take that risk

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      316·
      4 months ago

      They make plastic pocket protectors too but that doesn’t mean we need to use them. Sounds you missed my point