IT Glitch

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  1. Brush

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    Any techies on here know which update it is and when it was first circulated? So far my Win11 laptop is working fine, I think it last updated a couple of weeks ago. I certainly won't be updating it any time soon...

    Edit, just checked my settings, auto-updates is off and the last update was 10th July so I think I'm ok.
     
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  2. Brush

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    Based on the sentences given out to environmental protesters for disrupting people's lives, can we expect the CEO of Crowdstrike to be behind bars soon?
     
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    It wasnt actually a windows update as such but something Crowdstrike pushed out
    Good description here
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/19/what-is-crowdstrike-crwd-and-how-did-it-cause-global-it-outages.html

    If you dont have the crowdstrike software installed its no problem
    if you do the fix is this

    Checked my laptop and there is no crowdstrike directory so I assume I am safe
     
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    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    PS the first reply to that tweet tells you how to do it if you are using bitlocker
    Wont it be fun for larger organisations that dont give admin rights to most employees
     
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    That's a pretty nasty fix. Particularly if they are following good security practices and ensuring they BitLocker their drives.
    Nightmare.
     
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    PPS without additional comment
     
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    I get regular threatening emails from the cyber security stazi promising eternity in hell if I don’t update my servers or jump through the latest hoop on the software running the systems I support. They really think they’re the new gods these people, nothing is more important to the IT leadership then cyber security and it’s an absolute joke imho. They cause more outages and downtime then any cyber attack has ever done in the history of the company since I’ve been there. Creates more unnecessary work and prevents standard business operations daily. I’m on holiday this week but I know we have crowdstrike on our servers as well as laptops- I get to reboot my laptop at least twice a month for the latest security patches. No doubt it’s going to have cause huge cost and stress, but onwards we go, I’ve always said that most of these virus protection software’s are more trouble then they’re worth and it’s just a big con.
     
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    Shops that pathetically went cashless are now wanting people to pay with cash. Oh so they could still accept it then. Cash is king.
     
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    My boozer has always been cash only … might be busy tonight
     
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    It's not pathetic. It's just cheaper to deal with card than cash for a business.
     
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    That'll be us then. :(
     
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    I've seen the carnage when that level of cyber security is not in place, and it can be very time-consuming and costly to a business when they are compromised at scale. They can definitely be a pain in the arse, though, and I have seen the panic to push out a patch cause issues. Difficult one.
     
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    Pandemonium at our place. Sun's out, it's 25 degrees and everything is working sodding perfectly.
     
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    Queues at tills and only cash changing hands at Waitrose. It's like being back in the 70s. Except the tellers can't deal with cash anywhere nearly as quickly as back then...
     
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    I see the biggest threat to the stable operation of our business as network changes and then security patches - both of these kinds of changes have cause significant downtime. I get the need for up to date patching but I’ve seen many outages caused by patching as well!! The tweet posted to this thread is very relevant- if I rolled out an untested change and broke the system I manage then I’d be sacked. These guys - it’s a shrug of the shoulder and a “oh well”, I won’t be shocked if the “lesson” from this is to say how important keeping your system security up to date is, as opposed to - how is this allowed to continue to happen?
     
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    They are just as bad :D I am cash is king, but it should be about consumer choice. Places should offer both.
     
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    Ultimately, cash only businesses have 3 reasons-
    1) genuinely small business who can’t afford the cost of running card transactions.
    2) tax dodge
    3) money laundering
     
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    Would hate to be the higher ups at the company i work for 9500 CCTV servers, and 700 exchange servers. RIP
     
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    Might have to go back to taking Cheques remember those!
     
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    Thanks Farnham. To my knowledge I've never had the software and had never heard of it before. I wonder why so many PCs have it, it clearly must be some standard software used in many workplaces.
     
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