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The months and days before and after CrowdStrike's fatal Friday

ID: e7a47bbd-18f5-51c0-85cd-561c73dcc3e0

STIX ID: report--e7a47bbd-18f5-51c0-85cd-561c73dcc3e0

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-07-25

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The report describes a global outage caused by a malformed CrowdStrike Falcon rapid-response channel file pushed July 19, which triggered memory access faults in the endpoint agent and caused Windows hosts to enter BSOD boot loops. Approximately 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted, disrupting airlines, banks, hospitals, and other critical services; CrowdStrike issued fixes and remediation guidance while facing investigations and potential legal action.

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