@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoGlobal IT outage live updates: Cyber security company linked to issues at banks, supermarkets, airlineswww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down13cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkGlobal IT outage live updates: Cyber security company linked to issues at banks, supermarkets, airlineswww.abc.net.au@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Potatisen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•10 months agoMaybe a stupid question but why would not reaching an online service (?) blue screen your computer?
minus-squareDigitalDilemmalinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoIt has a privileged service running locally - csagent.sys - that was crashing causing the BSOD.
minus-square@lmaydev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•edit-210 months agoI guess if the code acted as if it got a valid response without checking it could get into a very weird state. Or the code just fails hard. At the driver level it’s very easy to kill things.
Maybe a stupid question but why would not reaching an online service (?) blue screen your computer?
It has a privileged service running locally - csagent.sys - that was crashing causing the BSOD.
I guess if the code acted as if it got a valid response without checking it could get into a very weird state. Or the code just fails hard.
At the driver level it’s very easy to kill things.