reports of massive worldwide internet outage

[confusedaunt]

Just warning you - obviously if you are on here then it hasn't hit you hard! But I have just lost google, and my work internet connection

The outage appears to relate to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike

So obvious question, but is it a genuine teachnical glitch or have they somehow been attacked?

According to the Register, Brody Nisbet, CrowdStrike's chief threat hunter, has twixed that it was "a faulty channel file" not an update

So cock up not attack, by the sound of it.

CyberStrike is an online game. There is also an IT security company with the same name however they have absolutely nothing to do with this outage. Perhaps fact check before you write stupid things online and make yourself look dumb.

I think most people can scrape together 3 days of food from the back of the cupboards, or freezer! Wont be the tastiest but who cares.

A bit more self reliance and preparation can't be a bad thing

I agree, I just don’t think having 3 days of food in for a storm is not remotely like a war but some people tend to group all events together.

I also find it odd how some seem very sanctimonious about their supply. Maybe it’s human nature 🤷🏻‍♀️

MAC based products aren't affected, MAC book,.iPhone and iPad all working fine here

Thanks, Chersfrozenface - I guess at least that's something to be thankful for

So cock up not attack, by the sound of it

But would they say it was an attack whilst it’s happening?

Eastbourne Waitrose is cash-only because the card machines are down! Handheld scanners aren’t working either. The bots can’t stop us buying overpriced groceries though: aisles are HEAVING

A three day outage is many times more likely than a war!

Absolutely. It's human nature to compete, acquire and hoard, and to be tribal about one's resources (one of the many, many reasons why Communist governments throughout history have had to reinforce their regimes with violence and still collapse anyway).

I'm alright Jack is absolutely how the human brain works. That's how we kicked and clawed our way to the top of the evolutionary pile :-)

@Badbadbunny where did I say it wasn’t? 😆

I run my business on Microsoft and everything is working here too, no problems at all. It's only, I think, a particular Microsoft cloud operating system that is impacted.

Just phoned our GP surgery for an appointment and they say they're not affected and everything is fine.

I've been though all the cloud based services we use (payroll, book-keeping, database, document storage, tax returns etc), and all are working fine.

It's not everything Microsoft by any means.

This global outage doesn't seem to have really affected my country, apparently most companies here don't use CrowdStrike. Just a few isolated issues, and things are a bit slower at airports because of other airlines having problems, but the airport systems themselves are fine.

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained as a IT cock-up caused by human error

I’ve read cyber strike, cloud strike and something else. Different media companies are calling it different names. I got the name from Reddit and it was incorrect.

Perhaps think before you say something nasty next time. It may be a reason people don’t want to be around you.

@HowardTJMoon Most things are human error as I’m sure this is but my question was would they say it was an attack whilst it’s happening? I would think that might cause panic.

And the moral of this story is, do your research on trustworthy sites, preferably specialised ones, not Reddit.

…… because Reddit is just like Mumsnet and occupied by people posting from their armchairs at home. Why on earth would you use Reddit as a credible source?? Bizarre.

Stupid thing to say. You've made yourself look daft if you cant see the connection. The person you are quoting asked a perfectly valid question. It is an IT outage. Considering every single part of a supermarket is computerised it is very likely some if not all parts are affected. The tills may not open, the card readers may not work. The scanners may not work. Even the shelf price labels in some supermarkets are computerised.

@rainbowunicorn It's not a stupid thing to say. We already very quickly know who is affected and who isn't. There is no need to panic buy ANYTHING. Worst case, if you can't buy what you want there you normally could, just go to a different shop.

Very sad to see that chemo and radiotherapy appointments for today are being cancelled

That’s why cash is king.

Same here.

It seems to be mainly UK, Australia, NZ and Japan