Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike pushed an update that caused millions of Windows computers to enter recovery mode, triggering the blue screen of death. Learn …

  • dan@upvote.au
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    5 months ago

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

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      5 months ago

      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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        5 months ago

        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.