Hackaday Links: February 16, 2025

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Just when you thought the saga of the Bitcoin wallet lost in a Welsh landfill was over, another chapter of the story appears to be starting. Regular readers will recall …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 16, 2025

Microsoft is Working with the Security Industry to Prevent Another CrowdStrike Outage

Microsoft published a technical deep dive into what went wrong with the CrowdStrike outage and how it will prevent issues like this in the future.
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Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed

Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning.
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Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool

Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process.
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CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide IT Chaos

CrowdStrike on Saturday provided technical information and remediation guidance to help organizations impacted by the faulty software update that trigged massive IT outages across the globe on Friday.  
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Botched CloudStrike Update Triggered Microsoft Infrastructure Outage Overnight

Security firm CloudStrike misconfigured a Windows security update, triggering a massive worldwide Internet outage.
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