How a bad CrowdStrike update caused a global outage

TRAFFIC

CLOUDSTRIKE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

UPDATES

Normally CloudStrike monitors computer traffic for threats and sends out software updates

CLOUDSTRIKE

BAD UPDATE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

This time the update, which adds to CrowdStrike’s rolling list of cyber threats, contained some faulty code

The software is so deeply integrated with the operating system that when the new update was installed, it caused computers running Windows to freeze

If the machine is powered on in a special recovery mode, it will skip the bad file, allowing it to function properly

- Adjust height of artboards as needed

- At minium make 560px and 280px versions

- Delete the artboards that are not used

- Mono for labels and annotations

- Founders Condensed for headings

- Publico Text for text copy

- Font sizes:

10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 60px, 80px, 96px, 128px

- Global Hex Colors:

black #000,

gray-100 #2a2a2a

gray-80 #555

gray-60 #999

gray-40 #ccc

gray-20 #ebebeb

white: #fff

red: #fa3a3a

- Brand Hex Colors:

midnight-blue: #102039; // News, MSNBC

clear-blue: #3061ff; // News, MSNBC

wilde-sand: #f2f2f2; // News

amber: #ffbe03; // MSNBC

plum: #380538; // TODAY

vermillion: #ff503c; // TODAY

alabaster: #f8f8f8; // TODAY

violet: #5c00d8; // MACH

biege: #f1f0ed; // MACH, BETTER, THINK, KNOW YOUR VALUE

burst: #ff5042; // THINK

tangerine: #f6a383; // KNOW YOUR VALUE

green: #13a31a; // KARA GREEN

orange: #f96419; // KARA ORANGE

pink: #db0e9c; // KARA PINK

dem-blue: #0495f4; // 2020 DECISIONS BLUE

rep-red: #ff3333; // 2020 DECISIONS RED

-Strokes

Grid stroke

Axis stroke

Line stroke

Annotation stroke

TRAFFIC

CLOUDSTRIKE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

UPDATES

Normally CloudStrike monitors computer traffic for threats and sends out software updates

CLOUDSTRIKE

BAD UPDATE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

This time the update, which adds to CrowdStrike’s rolling list of threats, contained some faulty code

The software is so deeply integrated with the operating system that when the new update was installed, it caused computers running Windows to freeze

If the machine is powered on in a special recovery mode, it will skip the bad file, allowing it to function properly

TRAFFIC

CLOUDSTRIKE

BAD UPDATE

CLOUDSTRIKE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

UPDATES

Normally CloudStrike monitors computer traffic for threats and sends out software updates

This time the update, which adds to CrowdStrike’s rolling list of cyber threats, contained some faulty code

If the machine is powered on in a special recovery mode, it will skip the bad file, allowing it to function properly

The software is so deeply integrated with the operating system that when the new update was installed, it caused computers running Windows to freeze

TRAFFIC

CLOUDSTRIKE

BAD UPDATE

CLOUDSTRIKE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

UPDATES

Normally CloudStrike monitors computer traffic for threats and sends out software updates

This time the update, which adds to CrowdStrike’s rolling list of cyber threats, contained some faulty code

The software is so deeply integrated with the operating system that when the new update was installed, it caused computers running Windows to freeze

If the machine is powered on in a special recovery mode, it will skip the bad file, allowing it to function properly

TRAFFIC

CLOUDSTRIKE

BAD UPDATE

CLOUDSTRIKE

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

ENTERPRISE COMPUTERS

UPDATES

Normally CloudStrike monitors computer traffic for threats and sends out software updates

This time the update, which adds to CrowdStrike’s rolling list of cyber threats, contained some faulty code

The software is so deeply integrated with the operating system that when the new update was installed, it caused computers running Windows to freeze

If the machine is powered on in a special recovery mode, it will skip the bad file, allowing it to function properly