Another IT Meltdown..

[Dippo]

I never knew anything about it until I read this thread!!....no problems at work yesterday....and we use Swift a lot.

I think it only started today.

 

[Gollom]

So armageden is here, FFS how can the world allow one company (Microsoft) run the the show.

Wasn't Microsoft this time. It was a security update by Crowdstrike. Who have paid the price - $16B off their value! Maybe it is a good time to buy their shares - they'll probably go up again?

 

[Swotty]

Guess this reinforces the wisdom of keeping a stash of cash.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I knew he was too good to be true.

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[m80]

Guess this reinforces the wisdom of keeping a stash of cash.

But if you try spending it everyone asks where you got it from.
Keep a fair amount and it can be confiscated, until you prove it was lawfully gained.

I only keep a bit of it for car parks nowadays. But that's becoming outdated too.

 

[BTB 500]

All of the [relatively] recent computer problems - Are we finally seeing the effects of the millennium bug...

Haha ... I remember being paid a small fortune to be sitting there ready on New Year's Eve "just in case".

 

[m80]

Are Russia and China effected, asking for a friend

So from Russia.
Microsoft was banned in Russia, so as they replaced MS with their own. So this hasn't affected them.
China, dunno, but traditionally they would be using a copy.

V possibly due to the MS update, US citizens en route from Delhi to San Fran' had to land at Krasnoyarsk (it's in Siberia for those with American style geographical knowledge, and Siberia is part of Russia). Due to sanctions they have no way to access funds, all cards being blocked there. Likely they have a further day to depend on the generosity of the Siberians.

If they can keep their gobs shut they should be spared a Gulag visit.

 

[Dryce]

Microsoft was banned in Russia, so as they replaced MS with their own. So this hasn't affected them.
China, dunno, but traditionally they would be using a copy.

V possibly due to the MS update, US citizens en route from Delhi to San Fran' had to land at Krasnoyarsk (it's in Siberia for those with American style geographical knowledge, and Siberia is part of Russia). Due to

It's not a MS update.

It's a third party enterprise security product used by some large organisations that runs on their MS systems.

 

[m80]

It's not a MS update.

It's a third party enterprise security product used by some large organisations that runs on their MS systems.

and the result is different how?

 

[SpikyMikey]

Have they tried switching it off and back on again?

 

[m80]

Have they tried switching it off and back on again?

I think the problem is because they did that during the update.
The cleaner plugged in her Henry.

 

[ChipChop]

Croudstrike are current sponsors of the Mercedes F1 team.

 

[Benzowner]

All your eggs in one basket? We were told many many times as kids and business not to!

 

[Swotty]

But if you try spending it everyone asks where you got it from.
Keep a fair amount and it can be confiscated, until you prove it was lawfully gained.

I only keep a bit of it for car parks nowadays. But that's becoming outdated too.

Not here. More and more folk are paying in cash. I was challenged once by my bank as to why I wanted to withdraw €3500 in cash, which I do a couple of times each year to pay for car maintenance etc. I said it's my my money which I lend to you and you earn interest on it; you do not have the right to determine how I spend it. After a bit of their blustering I said I will close my account and withdraw all my money now, please. No problem since.

The current maximum cash withdrawal and payment for anything in cash is limited in France to €10,000 per transaction but there is talk of that being reduced to €1,000. I wonder why.

Mrs Swotty insists we keep a cash "reserve" - which we don't advertise, of course - and our neighbours told us (when tipsy) that they keep a wad buried in their garden, which is always well kept - I must have dug it over for them 3 or 4 times now.

It seems likely that Starmer will go for means testing the state pension, counting both income and bank balance. No point in leaving it to chance and we intend to keep the balance sheet much leaner from here on in.

 

[Tonye]

does it use old technology?

No just old members with old technology

Wasn't Microsoft this time.

No, it was their security mates, i wonder who's footing the bill.

 

[SpikyMikey]

No just old members with old technology

How very dare you!!
I'll have you know there's plenty of life left in my "old technology"

 

[GrahamT]

 

[TC350]

Croudstrike are current sponsors of the Mercedes F1 team.

Have Mercedes had to stop everything during practice at Hungary to update all their software? At least they probably have first call on the Cloudstrike guy who knows how to do it.

 

[DSM10000]

IT is getting more complex by the second. Every nano second the the stress and strains put on IT systems is growing.
Where I worked, a local authority, almost without fail, on Mondays the systems would be slow, very slow or totally messed up. This was almost always due to "updates " over the weekend.

Our government spent millions of our money some years ago in order to get England's NHS Trust systems to talk to each other. They miserably failed.

They spent several billions.

With Fujitsu!