July 19, 2024

Global CrowdStrike Windows Outage - What to Know

by: Align

We want to inform you about an issue with a recent CrowdStrike update. This update is causing computers running Windows to crash and show the "Blue Screen of Death." Many firms worldwide are affected and cannot reboot their systems.

What to Know:

CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software, used by many Fortune 500 companies including major global banks, healthcare, and energy companies, is designed to detect and block hacking threats. However, this software needs deep access to the operating system to scan for threats. Unfortunately, a recent update is causing conflicts with Windows, leading to these crashes.

This problem is impacting travel, banking, and other businesses globally.

What to do next: 

If your organization is not using CrowdStrike, you should not be affected by this issue. However, this outage may impact any organizations you interact with that do use CrowdStrike. The Align team will reach out to you if this outage is affecting your specific environment.  Align has developed a workaround if you have a local password and have access to a console.     

To learn more, please read the Official Announcement from CloudStrike here

If you have any further questions, please reach out to the Help Desk at 855-482-5446 or email help@align.com


Additional Information and Cybersecurity Guidance: 


 

Do you have further other cybersecurity concerns? 

If so, we advise you to contact the Align Managed Services team at help@align.com or via phone at +1 855-IT-ALIGN (1-855-482-5446)

Thank you,

The Align Team

Account Management Team email: AccountMGMT@align.com
Align Managed Services Team email: help@align.com 
Cyber Team email - cyber@align.com
Alex Bazay, CISO - abazay@align.com
Dan Lyons, Sales and Business Development - dlyons@align.com
Phone: 1 855-IT-ALIGN (1-855-482-5446)

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