Joel Pearson

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@sonatype_ops Something is wrong with https://t.co/jlB4nMdKm2 it says nexus is using a trial license?

[George Kurtz @George_Kurtz]

CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on our website. We further recommend organizations ensure they’re communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels. Our team is fully mobilized to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers.

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

Just an important point on this as I’m seeing some misunderstandings: this is not a “Microsoft outage” (disclosure: I don’t work there or speak for them, Regional Directors are totally independent), it’s a CrowdStrike issue impacting Microsoft PCs.

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

This is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it's actually happened this time ☠️

[Jake Williams @MalwareJake]

Okay, I'm just going to throw this out there, but maybe - just maybe - a vendor having the ability to change every one of their kernel drivers in the field at the same time without any approval from IT/end users is a model we need to reconsider... @CrowdStrike.

[SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity]

IT teams waking up this morning

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@riskybusiness 😝 as long as you don’t need to fly or use or bank or the supermarket 😂

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode:

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

Airports down

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@troyhunt Oh no, we’re on the tarmac in Canberra, Australia and they said we can’t take off until systems are restored. We were told it was a legal requirement for the system to be online before they could take off.

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@JetstarAirways is there a nationwide IT outage at the moment for the passenger system or is it just Canberra?

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@MaxBarry Great read, I think you are right about AI 😉.

But, what happened to the comments section on your website? Did it get filled with spam or something?

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@UBank I tried it again just now and it worked ok. Thanks

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@indolentdandy @UBank I actually got a call-back and managed to get my situation sorted, hooray 🎉🎉

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@UBank Are you having a call centre outage? I was on hold for 1h 20m yesterday before the call dropped and 50 mins so far today. When I called at 8am this morning it only said 10 people were in front, but still on hold.

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@indolentdandy @UBank What's even worse is that they finally answered, and then the call dropped or they hung up. And now it says the wait is more than 2 hours. In theory it should call me back but I'm not holding my breath.

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@MattyBDEPT While fixing a hole in a wall I found a @canberratimes newspaper in the wall dated December 19, 1989. Matthew Beckenham wins the under-14 800m 2min 4.3sec at an AIS interclub meeting. How random to find this in the wall!

[Joel Pearson @joel_pearson]

@Bose_Australia how do I report firmware bugs in the portable home speaker? The latest release broke the voice assistant activation word when in sleep mode and the voice assistant timer. It’s been a month now and there is no indication that anything is being done to fix it.