Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:05pm
Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:02pm:
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I told you all, for years - MS Windows is garbage.
The digital chickens are coming home to roost.
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General Discussion >> Technically Speaking >> Many major websites are down globally http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1721368722 Message started by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 3:58pm |
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Title: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 3:58pm
The ABC is reporting that many websites are down and it's true.
It's a worldwide problem right now. Is it a major cyber attack? see here: https://downdetector.com.au/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by freediver on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:10pm Quote:
Link? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:12pm freediver wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:10pm:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/technology-shutdown-abc-media-banks-institutions/104119960 Major IT outage affecting banks, media outlets in Australia and globally Posted 31m ago 31 minutes ago , updated 1m ago here are reports of IT outages affecting major institutions in Australia and internationally. The ABC is experiencing a major network outage, along with several other media outlets. Crowd-sourced website Downdetector is listing outages for Foxtel, National Australia Bank and Bendigo Bank. Follow our live blog as we bring you the latest updates. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sir lastnail on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:17pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 3:58pm:
its the deep state trying to block trumps ascendence ;) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:18pm Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:17pm:
Of course it is - it's nefarious activities from State actors. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:19pm Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:17pm:
Yes. They found out that all the rapist's money is stashed in Bendigo Bank. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:31pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:18pm:
Can I still buy Assassination Sneakers on the Trump merchandise website? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:35pm
Coles supermarkets are down -
Baskets have been put on top of the self-serve checkouts at this Coles in Canberra: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960 |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:44pm It's a MS Windows issue. I told you Window was poo. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:46pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:44pm:
Is it the Chinese or the Russians or Kim or Iran? Could our electricity and water go out too? I might fill a few 2 litre water bottles. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:53pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:46pm:
It's MS Windows, Bobby. It's a crap OS - I've told you this many times (from the safety of my Chromebook, operating on the Chrome OS). |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by freediver on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:54pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:12pm:
Do you think her hairdo is better than the NRL players? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:55pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:53pm:
The ABC is blaming a Microsoft problem with cloud software but banks don't use that. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:57pm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960
Statement by Virgin Australia Michael Janda profile image 3m ago By Michael Janda "Virgin Australia is aware of a large-scale IT outage impacting multiple airlines and other businesses which is having an impact on our operations. "We are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. "We appreciate the patience of all travellers as we work through a solution and will provide an update once more information is known." 5 5 others have reacted, with "curious" being most popular Share Melbourne Airport also seeing delayed check-ins Joseph Dunstan profile image 5m ago By Joseph Dunstan Melbourne Airport has also said it is experiencing difficulties with check-in systems for select airlines. Passengers have been advised to allow for extra time and monitor their respective flight updates. Both domestic and international flight operations could be impacted. Qantas check-in terminals have been confirmed to hit by outages in airports across the country including in Sydney and Canberra. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:59pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 4:55pm:
Yes they do, Bobby. Bank of Queensland commits to a five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate its digital transformation Australia’s sixth largest bank, Bank of Queensland Group (BOQ) and Microsoft have today announced a five-year strategic partnership to accelerate the company’s cloud-first digital transformation. The partnership will help the bank to simplify its digital landscape, provide more modern and personalised banking services for customers, and fuel further innovation. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:02pm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/global-it-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-banks-airlines-australia/104119960
Fuel stations are closing Joseph Dunstan profile image 44m ago By Joseph Dunstan I've heard from several of you that payment systems are causing major disruption at supermarkets and fuel stations. This petrol station at Wodonga, on the Victorian-NSW border, has closed. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:04pm
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/19/business/delta-american-airlines-flights-outage-intl-hnk/index.html
Delta, United and American Airlines flights grounded due to communication issue, FAA says Jessie Yeung By Jessie Yeung, CNN 1 minute read Published 2:57 AM EDT, Fri July 19, 2024 All flights from several major US airlines – including Delta, United and American Airlines – were grounded Friday morning due to a communication issue, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The ground stop impacts all flights from the airlines, regardless of their destination, said the FAA. It’s unclear how long the ground stop will last, though the FAA suggested an update would be available by 5 a.m. ET. LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 24: Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-251N arrives at Los Angeles International Airport during Memorial Day weekend on May 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Related article Frontier and other airlines were at a standstill for hours after a massive Microsoft outage Their grounding comes after a significant Microsoft outage brought Frontier Airlines to a standstill for hours on Thursday – though the ground stop for those airlines has since been lifted. Earlier Thursday, Frontier said its systems had been impacted by the outage, and offered refunds to inconvenienced passengers. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:05pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:02pm:
I told you all, for years - MS Windows is garbage. The digital chickens are coming home to roost. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:10pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:05pm:
For once, not Windows fault. But bugger me, my night is buggered... |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:14pm
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et
Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage affects airlines, media and banks A graphic which says 'breaking' in white letters on a red background Summary IT outages are reported across the world, affecting airlines, media, and banks The cause is not known - but Microsoft says it's taking mitigation issues In the UK, railway companies say they're experiencing "widespread IT issues" Train companies affected in UKpublished at 08:02 08:02Breaking A major train company has warned passengers to expect disruption as it is suffering "widespread IT issues". Mass IT outages reported worldwidepublished at 07:58 07:58Breaking Major banks, media outlets and airlines are currently suffering major IT outages. Flights have been grounded at Sydney airport, United Airlines has stopped flying, and the London Stock Exchange group’s platform is experiencing outages. Stay with us as we bring you all the latest news on this developing story. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:15pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:14pm:
Not if you're on a Windows PC ;D |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jovial Monk on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:15pm
We’ll all be rooned said Hanrahan.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:18pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:15pm:
ABC - Largest tech outage in human history. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jovial Monk on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:21pm
Apple is way better than MS junk.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:25pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:18pm:
Bigger than the one in 1647? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:31pm
ABC 24
Chemist Warehouse now down for eScripts. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:34pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:31pm:
Damn. I hope Sir Lastnail got his meds early today :-/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by MattE on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:57pm
I'm not impacted at all as I generally don't use Microsoft or even Apple products.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by MattE on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:58pm Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:21pm:
Not really Microsoft but a third party software which runs on some systems. I reckon that company, CrowdStrike, will be hit hard. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:07pm
Check this out - same with all Coles sites that I chose:
https://www.coles.com.au/find-stores/coles-express/vic/south-yarra-6764 We're having some technical issues. We are affected by a global technical issue which is disrupting some of our systems in our supermarkets and liquor stores. We are working quickly to get our systems back to normal and will provide further updates as we know more. If you need help now, call us on 1800 455 400. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:16pm
Short version, looks like an update to CrowdStrike's anti-malware tools is to blame.
When it loads the DLLs for the service, it causes the device to blue screen. Once it blue screens enough times, it will boot to the recovery console. For servers, this is bad. Also not great for workstations but at least there are people in front of them. If you can boot into safe mode, there are things you can do to disable the CS service from starting, and get back into things as normal. CS should be pushing an update out soon which will stop further devices from having the problem. The issue is, any device that already installed the update and is blue screening will probably not stay online long enough to receive the fix, so it's going to need someone physically at the device to login to safe mode, so they'll need local admin access, and rename or delete some files then reboot. It's a sneakernet fix... |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by MattE on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:20pm
Was just at Chemist Warehouse and everything other than eScripts are fine.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:22pm MattE wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:20pm:
Good - I got an eScript at about 3.00pm and it was fine. Looks like I just made it in time. I have been shopping late at Coles - after 9.00pm to avoid all the crowds coughing Covid and flu over me but I don't know if I can go there tonight - will the self serve work? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Carl D on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:29pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:34pm:
Should be able to tell if he did or not by keeping an eye on the Coronavirus section. If he didn't then we may experience a barrage of antivaxxer BS from him this evening. ;D |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:38pm SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:16pm:
Only admin people - IT staff are allowed to do that in any company - one computer at a time - what if there are 2,000 computers? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:38pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:22pm:
Run out of cucumbers and Dijon? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:41pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:38pm:
I still have half a fresh jar of Dijon mustard in the fridge. Yummy - it goes with all meats - especially beef, lamb and pork. You should try it - forget about yucky, cheap, Aussie tomato sauce. :-[ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:42pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:38pm:
That's why my night is so buggered. I've got everyone available heading to sites now, they all know what to do, I'm heading gout now too. Gonna be a long night... |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:44pm
https://edition.cnn.com/business/live-news/global-outage-intl-hnk/index.html
Global IT outages hit airlines and businesses worldwide Updated 4:30 AM EDT, Fri July 19, 2024 What you need to know Global outages: Tech disruptions across the world have hit airlines and businesses, which are scrambling to respond. Microsoft investigating: Microsoft said it was investigating an issue preventing users from accessing its apps and services. Travel stalled: Major US carriers including Delta, United and American Airlines have had flights grounded, regardless of destination, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. International airlines, including Virgin Australia and Qantas, have also seen disruptions. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:45pm SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:42pm:
I bet they don't pay you enough? Do you get overtime rates? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sir lastnail on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:57pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:34pm:
and what meds would that be f.ckarse ?? I never took your cats piss vaccines so I don't need constant medication liked the vaxed up junkies do ;) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 7:10pm Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:57pm:
That's right sir Nail, you never get sick and you never needed any scripts - and you never needed any vaccines. You could be the most healthy person on Ozpolitic. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jovial Monk on Jul 19th, 2024 at 8:25pm
:-/
Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 7:10pm:
And you can believe whatever you want to believe out of what Nails said. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 19th, 2024 at 8:30pm Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:57pm:
Risperidone. Olanzapine. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 9:39pm Live report from Bobby on location. Coles was OK - 2 self serve machines out of 12 were still working so I got through. Lucky it wasn't busy or there would have a long queue. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by goosecat on Jul 19th, 2024 at 9:55pm
Cash only at my local Coles. ATM in centre still working though so everyone had to line up to get cash and then go into Coles. ATM line out the door
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 19th, 2024 at 10:03pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 5:15pm:
I’ve been told not to put on my windows desktop computer… At least my iPhone is still operating. Well I’m here aren’t I :) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 19th, 2024 at 10:05pm Goose wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 9:55pm:
It's ridiculous - one person makes one mistake with a line of code on the other side of the world and brings down the whole world. https://edition.cnn.com/business/live-news/global-outage-intl-hnk/index.html 52 min ago Microsoft says the underlying cause for the global outage has been fixed but impacts continue From CNN’s Maisie Linford Microsoft said the “underlying cause” that caused the global outage “has been fixed,” adding that residual impact is still affecting some services. “The underlying cause has been fixed, however, residual impact is continuing to affect some Microsoft 365 apps and services,” Microsoft said in a post on X Friday. “We’re conducting additional mitigations to provide relief,” the post added. More on what’s behind this: The outage appears to stem at least partly from a software update issued by firm CrowdStrike, experts tell CNN. The CEO of CrowdStrike said that the IT issue causing a global outage has been identified and that a fix has been deployed. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 19th, 2024 at 10:17pm
Being too reliant on card transactions only is asking for trouble.
Cash should always be accepted as legal tender (and not to force us into becoming a cashless society) and the old fashioned advice, such as my daughter has done … put $50 inside the cover of your phone just in case …. Will lessons be learnt by all? I will go out tomorrow driving to Peninsula and will see what’s happening in the area… |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 20th, 2024 at 12:09am Bobby. wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 6:45pm:
I don't take a wage, I pay others. All those who chose to help out tonight will be getting 2.5x for their trouble, plus all travel and food for those who went right from the office without getting to eat first. It's been an expensive night. Will let the AMs sort out the billing next week. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by MeisterEckhart on Jul 20th, 2024 at 7:43am
Given that IT outages require only a few cash dollars to get by, compared to the tens of thousands of dollars each of us annually transacts electronically, if cash is still king, it's a very small one in a rubber boat.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by freediver on Jul 20th, 2024 at 7:59am
Even drug dealers have an alternative to cash these days.
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:04am Sophia wrote on Jul 19th, 2024 at 10:17pm:
It's up the the vendor. If they don't want to accept cash, that's fine. I can understand why they might not. For example, cash is a target for robberies. And, there's the hassle of having to take it to the bank. I carry $185 (one of each note) in my wallet all the time, but I can't remember the last time I've ever used cash. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:07am greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:04am:
Cash in large amounts is dangerous - robbers will kill people to get it. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:16am Bobby. wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:07am:
Exactly. I can perfectly understand why, for example, a young woman running a small fashion/jewellery shop wouldn't want to accept cash. If it's just her running the business, with no employees, she wouldn't want to be sitting in the shop alone with a pile of cash. She'd be an easy target. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:20am greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:16am:
It's also why pay packets filled with cash are never given out in large companies. Armed robbers would turn up on payday and take everyone's envelope just before they were handed out. You have to be paid into a bank account - there is no other option. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:44am Bobby. wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 11:20am:
That actually happened to me. The office girls at the place I worked were carrying the pay packets to an adjacent building about 50 metres away and a car pulled up and robbed them. They threw the office girls to the ground and stole all the pay packets. That was about 40 years ago. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Carl D on Jul 20th, 2024 at 12:21pm
Just been reading about this in today's West Australian.
I was rather amused to see a picture of a "Cash Only" sign in a Liquorland store. And I bet there were many others just like it. However, the biggest 'crisis' of the day seemed to be the cancellation of 7 Jetstar flights to Bali from Perth Airport and the bogans were not very happy. Cry me a river. ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 20th, 2024 at 1:01pm Carl D wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 12:21pm:
Lol ;D Bogans and hi-vis vests. Welcome to Perth Airport. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 20th, 2024 at 1:35pm MeisterEckhart wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 7:43am:
It’s not so much how many prefer cash or card…. It’s about free choice, not per se forcing everyone to go digital. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by chimera on Jul 20th, 2024 at 1:38pm
TheUS National Snow and Ice Data Center uses NASA info. At present it says 'Due to our data provider’s system outage, we are not receiving the source data needed to process Greenland melt fields. At this time we do not have an estimated time for resolution.'
Probably North Korea's launch server is OK.. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 20th, 2024 at 1:39pm
Has anyone else’s sat Nav gone weird? Our car one was taking us in wrong directions… then telling us to do a u turn!
And another error… instead of going straight it wanted us to turn left, do a u turn (going right) then turn left again into same major road we were in all along! I said to hubby not to pay attention to it so I whipped out the Melways road map book! |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 20th, 2024 at 2:00pm |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:05pm
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by goosecat on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:15pm
For those with typically juvenile analytical depth commenting on physical payment being too prone to theft when compared to Cyber-Payment:
"Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion USD in 2015. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history, risks the incentives for innovation and investment, is exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters in a year, and will be more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined." https://cybersecurityventures.com/hackerpocalypse-cybercrime-report-2016/ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jasin on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:34pm
See.
They'll never get rid of the CASH system, nor should they. ALP and Albanese must be looking like total losers now, trying to push such an unreliable and insecure system of Economics as the one and only dependency for Economics. Imagine War and a lot of these places get bombed and put out of action? So many industries and businesses will fall flat. When it comes to the 'WEB' - one only has to burn a few silk threads and the whole web collapses. They say spider silk threads are stronger than steel. But man do they burn faster than a dragster down the track. You watch Albanese try to con Australians and keep pushing this one of his many very fallible gimmicks. ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by MeisterEckhart on Jul 20th, 2024 at 4:07pm Jasin wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:34pm:
Should all Australians start stacking silver coins as well? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jasin on Jul 20th, 2024 at 4:25pm MeisterEckhart wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 4:07pm:
Yes. You never know? You might have one of those rare slightly made different ones that make a lot more money on the Collectors scene. Every 100 years or more - there's always a Monetary change to deal with inflations. The $50 note becomes the new 5cents. ;) You will never get rid of a 'physical' presence of Money. Just like you'll never get rid of the world's first and oldest Market - the 'Black' Market... because the colour of Money (and Mathematics) is 'Black'. ;) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 20th, 2024 at 4:38pm Jasin wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:34pm:
It'll take another generation, but they'll definitely get rid of cash. Once all the boomers are dead, it'll quickly be shut down. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Sophia on Jul 20th, 2024 at 5:07pm Goose wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 3:15pm:
The trouble is…. It’s becoming more sophisticated and even intelligent prudent folk can be fooled. Last night I attended a dinner out of a school class reunion, it’s something we do on a regular basis now… one told me of her friend, who was very intelligent, berieved recently losing her husband, was enquiring RE: the superannuation of about $150k Someone from the company called her RE: transfer. She did the right thing to phone the company and asked if the guy worked for them, she was assured he does work for the company. What happened was this scammer was posing as the rep, had details and the name of the guy at that company. Sadly she lost the money. My friend telling me said it’s not just gullible people that are scammed. I think what our exiting PM Malcolm Fraser was right with his warning…. Our money would be safer hidden under our mattress etc |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 20th, 2024 at 7:13pm MeisterEckhart wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 4:07pm:
Not really - you'll just set yourself up for Sudanese home invasions and the Govt will chase you for CGT if you sell them. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by goosecat on Jul 20th, 2024 at 9:33pm Sophia wrote on Jul 20th, 2024 at 5:07pm:
Cyber-crime has grown to undoubtedly sophisticated enough levels to fool even highly alert and capable members of society. In reality they are sophisticated enough now to even fool "experts" in Cyber security itself. There has not been anywhere near enough spent on mitigation against and preparation for, system interference. Just wait until the first really expansive internet sub-sea cable attacks happen. We are not even close to being ready with fail-safe back up systems. That aside however, I tend to also get drawn towards statements like this: "This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history" What could that level of monetary empowerment mean for society generally, considering the beneficiary makeup? North Korea for example purportedly earns roughly 50% of it's income from Cyber-crime with an estimated work-force above 10 000 specialising in the field. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 20th, 2024 at 9:56pm ‘DELETED’: Elon Musk ditches CrowdStrike amid global outage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2ubqMqJ4c |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by tallowood on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:06am
A similar issue was reported in 2010 when a defective update from McAfee, known as "DAT" file version 5958, triggered a worldwide shutdown of Windows XP PCs.
George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, who is at the center of this current issue, was also the CTO of McAfee during its notorious 2010 glitch with Windows XP. This connection further intensifies concerns over the recurring nature of such critical technical failures under his leadership. https://www.businessinsider.com/crowdstrike-ceo-george-kurtz-tech-outage-microsoft-mcafee-2024-7 |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:15am tallowood wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:06am:
Elon has the solution - remove CrowdStrike software from all computers. It's rubbish. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:51am Bobby. wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:15am:
You don't know what you're talking about Bobby, and what Elon does or doesn't do is irrelevant. This isn't his area of expertise either. Just look at what he's done to twitter. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 21st, 2024 at 10:15am SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:51am:
I read about it last night. CrowdStrike sends out 2 to 3 automatic updates every day. It's obvious they don't test their software updates properly. Elon is right - find a better software package. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Carl D on Jul 21st, 2024 at 12:54pm
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 8:14am Bobby. wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 10:15am:
You don't know what you're talking about. You're not an expert, even an armchair expert, because you read something last night. We need more information before making any claims, especially as ignorant as yours. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 8:15am Carl D wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 12:54pm:
The memes, while of little comfort, have at least been on point haha... |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 8:25am SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 8:14am:
I've been working with computers and microprocessors since before you were in nappies. ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by SadKangaroo on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:12pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 8:25am:
It really doesn't show. Most of your technology takes are horseshit. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:22pm SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:12pm:
Like what? I'm so old that the first coding I did was in Fortran. The next was Basic using a desktop back in the late 1970s. The micro I learnt was the Intel 8085 - at Uni - I passed well - I still have my SDK8085 development kit from then. I did many applications and wrote my own assembly language. I was one of the first people to go on the internet with an 80286 back in the early 90s. It would take 5 minutes to load the home page of CNN so I didn't bother with it. I must have done 1000s of firmware upgrades in my life. My only failing is that I haven't worked with servers except to reboot them - so I'm not an IT professional. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jovial Monk on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:31pm
At Uni—LIAR!
Oh you couldn’t tell Aussie and myself what course you did at “Uni.” If you were telling the truth (part of it) here then you did a standard IT course which does not take 6 years. I believe the BASIC programming—who didn’t do that back in the day? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:33pm Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:31pm:
Shut up Monk - you can't even spell the word "Physics". ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:25pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 5:22pm:
You think that having Windows OS and Norton anti-virus on your home computer is a good idea. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:30pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:25pm:
90% of the world uses Windows and - Norton is the most powerful anti-virus software. forgiven namaste |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:45pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:30pm:
How did that work out on Friday afternoon? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:48pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:45pm:
Very bad if you had Windows and the 3rd party app from CrowdStrike loaded. :-[ |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:49pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:48pm:
;) Windows is junk. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:50pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:49pm:
CrowdStrike caused it - not Windows. ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by greggerypeccary on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:53pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:50pm:
Windows is highly susceptible to things like that, and viruses. It's junk. I'll keep using my Chrome OS, with a smug look on my face (and no viruses). |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 7:02pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:53pm:
No operating system you can buy is bullet proof - there is no redundancy. The same happened when Optus went down - they had no redundancy either. Was Optus using Windows? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Setanta on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 9:39pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 6:53pm:
Crowdstrike has also taken out Linux servers in the past and it has nothing to do with your fanboi ChromeOS fixation, servers don't run on ChromeOS. You show the same fanboi fanatacism with IT as you do with politics. Not a good look. Stay smug now, y'hear! ::) |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 9:43pm Setanta wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 9:39pm:
Greggy is not a technical person like us. ::) See my Reply #82 |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Setanta on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 10:35pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 9:43pm:
Reading #82 it doesn't seem you're in much of a position to comment much either. :-X |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 10:58pm Setanta wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 10:35pm:
Yes - I don't have server knowledge. That's why we need you. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Setanta on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:03pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 10:58pm:
It seems SK still works in that space, I no longer do, I'm retired. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:07pm Setanta wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:03pm:
But SK put me down: SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:51am:
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Setanta on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:15pm Bobby. wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:07pm:
Did he put you down or just tell you the truth? |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:21pm Setanta wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:15pm:
I think he was being nasty as though he knows more than Elon Musk. I'm only a humble messenger but I also have a computing background. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Carl D on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:37pm SadKangaroo wrote on Jul 21st, 2024 at 9:51am:
Indeed. And it just keeps getting worse. Quote:
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Even though I post "Tweets" or "X's" quite often - especially in the Coronavirus section, I'm glad I don't have an X account... and I plan on NEVER having one. Especially while Elon Musk owns it. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Bobby. on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:40pm
Dear Carl,
many blessings. This topic is about the company known as CrowdStrike. You are off topic and so is Mr Sad. forgiven namaste |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by Jovial Monk on Jul 23rd, 2024 at 9:44am Carl D wrote on Jul 22nd, 2024 at 11:37pm:
Even though I post "Tweets" or "X's" quite often - especially in the Coronavirus section, I'm glad I don't have an X account... and I plan on NEVER having one. Especially while Elon Musk owns it. [/quote] I have a twitter account, it is fine in the area I concentrate on. Have not noticed any of that idiotic Trump mania. |
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Title: Re: Many major websites are down globally Post by UnSubRocky on Jul 27th, 2024 at 7:40am
I facebook friended some girl that claimed to be from the same town as I. When I checked her friends list, I noticed that it was almost exclusively males. I unfriended her straight away. I noticed that my computer was struggling to work for a while until I did an antivirus scan. It was just a minor malware problem.
It turned out that the lady was a real person from my town. But, people had hijacked her profile and used it against the locals, to... dox... people. |
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