Pour one out for the IT support homies out there having to deal with this CrowdStrike fiasco.
If I understand the situation correctly: CrowdStrike is a Microsoft Windows security software that lives in the kernel (read: deep) level to protect systems from outside attack. The company rolled out an automatic update last Friday that broke any computer it is installed on. (The threat is coming from inside the house!) PCs all over the world restarted to the infamous blue screen of death. What’s worse: IT support has to essentially go to each and every endpoint to resolve this massive problem. CrowdStrike can’t simply roll out a fix en masse.
That’s why as of today - three days later - flights are still being cancelled. It will take quite some time for things to return to normal.
I am in the IT support business, but thankfully our organization does not deploy CrowdStrike. Last Friday was just a normal Friday for us. Praise be.
You know who’s got to be having a bad year? Lloyd's of London. The UK company is famous for selling insurance to cover extraordinary events. If you ever wonder how a sticky situation plays out in terms of insurance, Lloyd’s is probably behind it. Like the container ship that ran into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. That is a hefty, hefty insurance bill that the likes of State Farm would never dare to underwrite.
Similarly, this CrowdStrike disaster is affecting hospitals, airlines, banks - a ton of crucial businesses. Whoever underwrites CrowdStrike's insurance policy - probably Lloyd's - got to be sweating bullets.
Never skip starches day.