– Microsoft Windows crashed with a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) causing global mayhem
– Outage impacted major sectors including financial, public transport, aviation, corporations, media broadcasting, and hospitality
– Microsoft warns that similar outages could happen in the future due to European Commission rule allowing third-party vendors full kernel access
– Concerns raised about heavy reliance on Microsoft applications and services in federal activities
– Malware posing as ‘CrowdStrike fix’ allows hackers to take over computers and steal personal information
– Apple users not impacted due to stricter access control policies
– Update problem creates new security issue for billions of PC users
– CrowdStrike is a global security software provider serving Fortune 500 companies
– Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) appears during critical error and system crash, caused by minor issues that can be resolved easily