Major IT outage from Microsoft Pushed Patch

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https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1814204659390992402

Several hospitals and airlines reporting issues with critical core infrastructure.

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1814192537348833699

Crowdstrike shares plunged as much as 14% in early trade, and Microsoft also declined, as did travel and leisure stocks, as the disruptions threaten the holiday season.

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#2

So, Boeing canā€™t make a safe airplane anymore, the US secret service is either incompetent or duplicitous and now a Microsoft ā€˜updateā€™ shuts down most of the western world. And people wonder why the BRICS nations are moving so quickly away from the collective west. The disintegration on display is both very sad and is likely to continue :frowning:

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#3

CrowdStrike outage sparks global chaos with airline, bank and other disruptions?

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Thatā€™s the one, crowdstrike updates as part of ms automatic push patching so hereā€™s some more info on what happened and the fix.

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#5

The new computer game in town ā€œ cyber warā€ā€¦buy your cyber security stocks now!

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#6

Look out for short put options prior to the patch time :joy:

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