So Friday the 19th of July saw the world wake to a major cyber issue. Telcos, Airports, Hospitals and Banks were amongst the some around the world that were presented with the Microsoft Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) on their computers.

The issue was brought about by an update of a cyber security endpoint solution running on Microsoft Windows systems. One System32\Drivers system file with just a minor oversight within it caused the hosting windows machine to get caught in a BSOD boot loop.

Annoying? Yes. Inconvenient? You bet. Train stations, airports, hospitals and supermarkets and other major corporations all running this end point protection solution on Windows systems were effectively brought to a standstill world wide.

Now the clincher and hence the title. The company behind this minor cyber hiccup is aptly named Crowdstrike. The very event this company had clients pay dearly to protect themselves against was responsible for it.

Remember the name. Crowdstrike. Marvellous.

Special mention also (as an aside) goes to Up Hill Real Estate. We rang them and it was Up Hill from there on.