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Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines (www.youtube.com)
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Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike pushed an update that caused millions of Windows computers to enter recovery mode, triggering the blue screen of death. Learn ...

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I know that Windows is everywhere, I just don't know the percentage of Windows computers that run Crowdstrike.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Keep in mind, it's not just clients, but servers too. A friend of mine works for a decently sized company that has about 1600 (virtual) servers internationally. And yes, all of them were affected.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    You do realize that linux is something like 80% of servers. Which also well out number personal machines. If you include android linux is easily the most used os on the planet.

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