I understand there is an anti virus Crowdstrike that is behind this error. But what exactly is happening? Was it just a bad/erroneous update? Or is there an actual cyber security breach?
Also, can this blue screen error on bootup be fixed remotely? Wouod everyone have to travel to office to get it fixed?
How long will it take to resolve this – couple of hours, or more like a week
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content update, not version specific
not a breach
not realistically, you could but doubtful things are in place.
depends on the fleet size and staff…
I don’t have an answer, but I would further like to know how it affects flights currently in the air. I believe ATC uses windows computers, so are they just going old school about it when planes get to them?
As far as the news and official announcements say, it’s not a breach. The software that detects and protects against breaches included *something* that’s causing Windows machines to blue screen, but they don’t know exactly what that something is. Since they’re still investigating what the root cause is, nobody can say how long it will take to be fixed. There is a workaround, though, which involves booting into safe mode and deleting a specific file in the Crowdstrike directory. Not recommended for people who aren’t computer literate enough to know what a “safe mode” or a “directory” are.
According to BBC just now it’s an update which contained a corrupted driver file on Falcon Crowdstrike. As it’s so widely used it’s affecting massive systems worldwide. It will require a manual fix to each computer.
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