CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear

Kettle If you're an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can't have been a lot of fun. What's likely millions of systems were or still are stuck in blue-screen boot loop hell, mostly requiring manual intervention to fix.

It's due to a broken file pushed out by CrowdStrike to Microsoft Windows systems, causing them to crash and stay down around the world. It's hit airports, hospitals, businesses ... you name it.

On this week's Kettle episode to discuss the news – see below – we have our knowledgeable enterprise tech vulture Richard Speed in the UK, our cybersecurity editor Jessica Lyons and IT reporter Brandon Vigliarolo in the US, and your host Iain Thomson. Nicole Hemsoth Prickett produced the show.

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For those who prefer just the audio, the Kettle is available via RSS and MP3, Apple, Amazon, and Spotify. Let us know in the comments how you're coping and what networks you've seen knackered by this snafu. ®