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Friday, July 19, 2024

‘Blue screen of death’ hits NYC gov’t computers; jail cameras, arrest software down in ‘unprecedented’ global tech outage

 

‘Blue screen of death’ hits NYC gov’t computers; jail cameras, arrest software down in ‘unprecedented’ global tech outage



The dreaded “blue screen of death” hit non-critical computers en masse in New York City’s government offices after a failed tech update crippled Microsoft worldwide.

Jail cameras, arrest processing software and other city governmental functions were affected by the outage Friday, but 911 and emergency systems remained untouched, city officials said.

Mayor Eric Adams pinned the mass crash on CrowdStrike, a US cybersecurity firm that sent out a faulty overnight software update to computers running Microsoft Windows.

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Blogger's note:  Klaus Schwab's wet dream has arrived.  This is a change of subject away from the attempted assassination of Trump.  Do not worry there will be many more surprises in the next few months.  

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