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Originally published at trustboundarystudio.com . The video version, with diagrams, is on YouTube . Key facts When: 19 July 2024. Roughly 99% of Windows sensors back online by 29 July. Scale: 8.5 million Windows devices, under one percent of all Windows machines. Microsoft's estimate. Cause: The IPC Template Type defined 21 input fields. The integration code supplied 20. No build step compared…
On 19 July 2024, 8.5 million Windows machines stopped booting simultaneously. Airlines, hospitals, banks and broadcasters were all affected. Microsoft estimated the number of devices impacted at 8.5 million, which is less than one percent of all Windows machines. The cause was traced to a configuration file, and CrowdStrike's analysis confirmed the defect was not exploitable.
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