failstrike

on the 18th of july, early morning, all crowdstrike falcon endpoints recieved a channel file update that caused a blue screen of death. this was automatically updated and every endpoint with crowdstrike started bootlooping.

here's how much damage was caused

dubai airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 7k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

lax airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 17k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

all spain airports

customer facing: yes

affected people: 39k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

amsterdam airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 12k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

microsoft office (gov edition)

customer facing: no

affected people: 1k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

israel central bank

customer facing: yes

affected people: 102k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

cebu pacific

customer facing: yes

affected people: 72k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

naryan international airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 4k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

indp international airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 1k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

delta air

customer facing: yes

affected people: 300k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

las airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 7k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

providence

customer facing: yes

affected people: 1m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

changi airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 3k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

starbucks mobile

customer facing: yes

affected people: 2m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

nmbs (belgium trains)

customer facing: yes

affected people: 5m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

israel post

customer facing: yes

affected people: 20m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

sky news

customer facing: yes

affected people: 120m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: yes

mercedes f1 team

customer facing: yes

affected people: 50m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: yes

bradesco (brazillian bank)

customer facing: yes

affected people: 57m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

slc airport

customer facing: yes

affected people: 15k+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: no

911 (in certain states)

customer facing: yes

affected people: 50m+

estimated damages: n/a

fixed: yes